[Rover] AC/DC Inverter question

Rodney J J Johnson [email protected]
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:43:27 -0700


Mike and others,
   I also may have missed something.  It seems that technology stand
still for none.  
  Does anybody have direct knowledge or first hand experience with the
previuosly mentioned 'smart' battery isolators?
     I'm interested.
  Rod Johnson  WE7X (ex KA7YOU) Grid CN97AL - near Issaquah, Wa

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:05:46 -0500 "Mike KA5CVH Urich"
<[email protected]> writes:
>From: "Rodney J J Johnson" <[email protected]>
>
>>    Contrary to another post, I have never seen one which will charge 
>the
>> main battery 'first' and then charge the secondary battery.  In the  
>dual
>> diode versions there is about 0.7 volt drop across each of  diode
>> junctions.
>
>
>Mike wrote
>
>I stand to be corrected, but an avid RV'er told me that there were 
>some new
>generation of "smart" <well, maybe not so dumb> dual battery chargers 
>that
>can "look" at both batteries and will ensure that the one hooked up to
>"primary" is brought to full charge before the "aux".  I was merely 
>relating
>what I had been told and maybe was relaying the information as 
>"Gospel"
>therefore ... my apologies.  As I indicated in my original post, I 
>still
>have some researching to do.
>
>Mike Urich,   KA5CVH
>www.ka5cvh.com
>LaPorte TX   EL-29
>
>A consensus is a lack of leadership.
>
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