What are the pros and cons of adding a second battery?
10-19-2002, 10:03 PM
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Originally posted by TL@altimas.net
basically a solenoid that disconnects the extra battery, so that your alternator isn't trying to recharge 2 batteries at once..
basically a solenoid that disconnects the extra battery, so that your alternator isn't trying to recharge 2 batteries at once..
10-20-2002, 06:50 PM
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Originally posted by TL@altimas.net
basically a solenoid that disconnects the extra battery, so that your alternator isn't trying to recharge 2 batteries at once..
basically a solenoid that disconnects the extra battery, so that your alternator isn't trying to recharge 2 batteries at once..
bro ....the alternator is supposed to charge both batteries simultaneously...what a battery isolator does is this: it keeps both batteries seperated from each other. so that when the car is off, a battery that has been drained more than the other wont pull current from the battery that has more charge. isolator is like a one way valve. it connects both batteries to the alternator so as to charge both at the same time, and as a valve (using diodes) to keep the batteries seperate from each other.
10-20-2002, 07:33 PM
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10-20-2002, 07:39 PM
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Originally posted by TL@altimas.net
lol, according to this we're both off base..
http://www.soundillusions.net/module...owpage&pid=113
lol, according to this we're both off base..
http://www.soundillusions.net/module...owpage&pid=113
i was on point with that one
i didnt say it clearly though, i'll give u that....the isolator seperates the 2 batteries from each other meaning one can be drained without affecting the other, and both are charged simultaneously
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