Hi all,I have a PD converter with a charge wizard that does an excellent job of keeping my coach batteries charged. I leave the RV plugged into shore power 24/7 when I'm home. Of course this does nothing for my starting battery.I want to install a Trik l Start, but I'm wondering, since the Charge Wizard drops to "Float" when the coach batteries are full, will the chassis battery see any juice at all?TIA,Eric

Besides the redundancy factor is there any benefit at all for installing something other than a bi-directional charge relay? More stuff to haul around, go wrong. The Bi-directional unit eliminates the existing relay.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:Besides the redundancy factor is there any benefit at all for installing something other than a bi-directional charge relay? More stuff to haul around, go wrong. The Bi-directional unit eliminates the existing relay.That whoosh you heard was your post going over my head.Eric

I think he's sating there's something easier than tls but I'm staying tuned to find out.

TLS will work fine with the wizard

Trik-l-start goes one way. It will do what you want and charge your coach battery from your converter.Amp-l-start will go the other way too, and flow more amps either way.Jim

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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
May 25, 2013
Besides the redundancy factor is there any benefit at all for installing something other than a bi-directional charge relay? More stuff to haul around, go wrong. The Bi-directional unit eliminates the existing relay.
eric1514
Explorer
May 25, 2013
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Besides the redundancy factor is there any benefit at all for installing something other than a bi-directional charge relay? More stuff to haul around, go wrong. The Bi-directional unit eliminates the existing relay.

That whoosh you heard was your post going over my head.

Eric
Kpackpackkelley
Explorer II
May 25, 2013
I think he's sating there's something easier than tls but I'm staying tuned to find out.
time2roll
Nomad
May 25, 2013
TLS will work fine with the wizard
HiTech
Explorer
May 25, 2013
Trik-l-start goes one way. It will do what you want and charge your coach battery from your converter.

Amp-l-start will go the other way too, and flow more amps either way.

Jim
OnaQuest
Explorer
May 25, 2013
The 1999 Jamboree may very well have a diode based battery isolator. If it does, then maybe the trik-L-charge is the way to go. If the Jamboree has a BCC, like the Fleetwood Class As do, then you have a malfunction to contend with, and not a design deficiency. If your rig has a simple solenoid isolator that closes on ignition signal, then MEX's suggestion of a BIRD relay is a very good approach.
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
May 25, 2013
A BI-DIRECTIONAL charge automatically (this means hands off and eyes closed) connects batteries when ANY charging source ANYWHERE comes on line. Alternator, generator, converter, separate battery charger. It doesn't matter. It connects and separates battery banks automatically and does it correctly. WAY simpler to install than an isolator, NO WIRES OR SWITCHES TO INSTALL.

http://www.allbatterysalesandservice.com/browse.cfm/4,2706.html
Pauljdav
Explorer
May 26, 2013
Since the charge wizard does not affect the starting battery a trickle charger on the starting battery will not affect the charge wizard. Just hook it up and plug it in.

Paul
accsys
Explorer
May 26, 2013
The Trik-L-Start will do what you want. Anytime the chassis battery has a lower voltage than the voltage on the house batteries, it will connect the two systems until they are equal again.
pianotuna
Nomad III
May 26, 2013
Hi eric1514,

Here are real life numbers.

PD at 13.2 volts
trik-l-start at 12.9 volts.

That suggests to me that the trik-l-start is diode based and will always do 0.3 a volt lower on output side than what the PD or other charging source is at.