Battery Seperator
Does anyone use a battery separator? To keep the camper batteries from draining the truck batteries? I was thinking of installing one this time and am looking at recommendations. They seem a little s...
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NRALIFR wrote:
The biggest reason I use a continuous duty solenoid rather than a diode based battery separator is the voltage drop that diodes induce into the circuit. The drop is about 0.7 volts per diode, which is significant in a circuit you are trying to get the best charging performance from.
I'm not sure what type of battery separator Lance in their TC's but if it was diode based I would wire around it.
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Diodes can be less than 0.7V.
Lance uses a VSR (voltage sensing relay). It's an electronic circuit that closes a relay when the truck input exceeds a certain voltage level. When on, there is no voltage drop in the charge circuit.
