Why do I need a DC to DC charger?
I came to this group because of the tendency for truck campers to be more off grid oriented with knowledge about coach batteries. Unless your using Lithium, why would you need a DC to DC charger be...
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BB_TX wrote:
Curiosity leads to google. And there I found this;
A DC-DC charger is effectively a smart-charger for your 12V system. It isolates the house battery system from the alternator, so that the vehicle's computer management system sees it as something like a set of lights.
You are partially correct ! A DC-DC charger actually BOOST the voltage that is being applied to the house battery bank to a proper multi-step "smart" charge.
