iwire said:A member that is no longer active had a real sweet inverter set up in his truck.
Two extra marine grade batteries with isolators, larger alternator and a device that would automatically start the truck when the voltage dipped to low.
He was a new home electrician and found that this setup was much better then hauling and listening to a gas generator.
If you would like I can probably find his posts, he gave all kinds of info.
gar said:080627-1129 EST
While charging batteries in parallel from a car alternator why do you want diode isolation?
dereckbc said:Bob what ever happened to Wayne? (aka hurk)
Nuff said:roll:iwire said:I emailed him about that a while ago. He just found other interests. Namely a women. :smile:
Depends on where you install the diode. If installed between the alternator and the aux battery, it will isolate the vehicle battery from the aux battery system.iwire said:In many cases it is so the axillary battery(ies) is / are not discharged by the inverter leaving the original car battery fully charged for starting the vehicle.
dereckbc said:Depends on where you install the diode.
Ten batteries? What the heck was he driving: A nuke plant? :grin:iwire said:Well yes.... :grin:
Wayne's design isolated his ten auxiliaries from his truck battery.
dereckbc said:Ten batteries? What the heck was he driving: A nuke plant? :grin:
gar said:080627-1253 EST
bob:
The proposed circuit was to charge the batteries in parallel and use them in series and thus the need for some switching before use of the batteries. The original idea had the disadvantage of running down the vehicle battery plus the switching complexity.