Interesting new product

[laknox]

Article in today's RV Daily Report about a product called Battery Doctor. It's a remote/automatic battery disconnect and it advertised to work on MH and towables. Has a key fob to remotely connect/disconnect your battery(ies) as well as an auto setting that disconnects when the battery(ies) discharge to 12v. Made by a company called WirthCo.

Lyle

[bpounds]

laknox wrote:
Personally, I like the automatic feature that kills the circuit when the battery hits 12v. The fob is, like you all say, unnecessary.

Lyle

I wonder how long the voltage has to be below 12VDC before it disconnects. Because if they haven't built in a generous delay, annoying disconnects could result. Battery banks easily drop below 12 under a heavy load, when boondocking for example.

Not something I would buy, but then I'm usually a minimalist about such things.

[laknox]

Personally, I like the automatic feature that kills the circuit when the battery hits 12v. The fob is, like you all say, unnecessary.

Lyle

[B_O__Plenty]

If you want one..better get one while you can. I have a feeling this unnecessary gadget won't be around very long..

B.O.

[shadows4]

N-Trouble wrote:
Im not seeing where this fills a need. What is so hard about pulling a switch? Really dont need another key fob just for this. To each their own I guess.

X2

[N-Trouble]

Im not seeing where this fills a need. What is so hard about pulling a switch? Really dont need another key fob just for this. To each their own I guess.

[RoyB]

Gotta love their brochure showing the OPEN KNIFE SWITCH for battery disconnect...



Roy Ken