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    Voltage, wiring questions

    Yea if you keep a maintainer on it you will be in a much better situation And will keep the alt from having to run at an overload for long durations Trying to top off the batteries. The vampire is only about 20MA on my truck. I have a 15w panel and a buck converter set to deliver a 13.2v float...
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    Voltage, wiring questions

    Well the AGM’s make the alternator overload situation even worse. Standard wet lead acids need about 25% of the AH capacity in amps to meet the charge demands of the batteries. Four 6T batts is a 240AH bank. That is 60A neededout of the alt. In the case of the 12v side, that is about all you...
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    Voltage, wiring questions

    Those two terminals on the regulator Are not voltage test points… The forward terminal, closest to the pully is the energize input terminal. Applying 24v here enables the alternator to start outputting power. That power comes from the de-energized contacts of relay K11 which along with...
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