[Rover] Dual battery/Deep Cylce clarification

[Jim Howard]

A battery isolator works fine in this application, they are available at JC
Whitney, just be sure to select the proper size for your needs.
 BTW, that is the set up I use in my rover. A 200 amp hi-output alternator
with an isolator and two different batteries. The vehicle battery powers the
vehicle and the extra deep cycle battery is for the equipment only.
Jim n2jmh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt@ntelos.net>
To: <rover@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 12:23 PM
Subject: [Rover] Dual battery/Deep Cylce clarification


> What I am looking at doing is hooking up the deep cycle battery as the #2
> battery on a dual battery system so as it is being cherged automatically
as
> needed by the vehicles charging system so the battery will only be OFF
> charge when the car is shut off say sitting at a site for a couple hours
at
> the most then being charged again while moving/roving.  Also was going to
> leave the battery system connected all of the time to keep the battery in
> good charge & shape.
>
> My roving setup is actually going to be my main radio setup for daily use
on
> 6 & 2 as I live in a deep valley so hilltopping/mobile is really my only
> option for radio play outside of local ragchew. Plus my daughters
> dance/majorette,band activities keep me running around alot of a evening
so
> not home to much to play around either.
>
> Mian worry was about any damage to either of the batteries being hooked up
> this way since they were of different types, or of the deep cycle battery
> being damaged by the vehicles type of charging system?
>
> Jacob Tennant  K8JWT
>
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