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From: Faure, Marin (no email)
Date: Mon Dec 01 2003 - 12:19:46 EST
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:22:26 -0600
From: "Jim Fidler" <>
Subject: TWL: Re: Battery charging question
>From your description it sounds like your relay is intended to
automatically parallel your batteries just for starting the engines.
Correct.
>If the relay is activated by the engine start buttons then the relay
disconnects when you let up on the start button. I believe Bob Austin
was referring to a relay that would stay closed for the duration that
the engine is running. With a relay connected in this manner it would
not be necessary to put the battery switch in "both" because the relay
would do it, automatically. It does one of the functions that a
combiner would do, but in a very simple way. Since you are paralleling
your batteries by putting the switch in the "both" position, your relay
is redundant, isn't it?
No. The start relay connects the house and start battery outputs as it
goes to the starters. It does not have anything to do with the
alternator outputs. The starting current does not run through the
battery selector switch. The current to activate the starters goes
directly from each battery, through the big starter relay that combines
both batteries, and to the starter motors.
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C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington
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