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JKFlipFlop
Explorer
Aug 21, 2015

Do battery isolators damage your deep cycle coach batterys?

Ok, so I know the old style diode isolators have been around for ever and are still in use today. Since they are diode based a .3-.6 volt loss is created and your batteries never get fully charged...
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JKFlipFlop
Explorer
Sep 02, 2015
http://caravanchronicles.com/guides/how-to-connect-two-batteries-in-parallel/

I just found this article. What an eye opener. If you have 2 parallel house batteries, simply tapping the positive and negative terminals on the correct battery will make a big difference on lifespan.


update: ****, this site is a GREAT source.

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