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Bump for a cool vehicle.

Run a heavy gauge cable from the negative post of the main battery to the negative post of the auxiliary battery. Then, if you want to be a rockstar, run a heavy gauge ground cable from the casing of the alternator to the ground post of one of the batteries. This will insure proper and...

Describe how is the auxiliary battery grounded.

We have bi-directional configurations and user set-points are specified by the customer and flashed/tested prior to shipment. Our stuff is slanted toward high current use where other companies lack the offerings and expertise. No doubt for lower current applications there are other options at...

I think we have what you need... http://www.perfectswitch.com/dc-solid-state-relays/relays/voltage-sensitive-disconnects/ 50 amps to 600 amps. Programmable Values Undervoltage Shutdown (volts) Undervoltage Shutdown Delay Undervoltage Reset (volts) Undervoltage Reset Delay Overvoltage...

I have a CF-80 and have used it on many multi-week road trips. It probably has 8 weeks of use and so far so good. The only complaint I have is the rubber seal has tried to un-glue itself and I keep shoving it back in. It takes up a lot of my Land Cruiser's back end...more than half including...

If the batteries are in parallel, it doesn't matter. Note that the gentleman in the next post suggests that it does matter due to resistance between the batteries and under high current discharge conditions, it will create an imbalance. I suspect there would be a discharging imbalance no...

Would love to find a more moderately priced option.

What's the company? With all due respect, you don't show at SEMA unless you want exposure.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/3923354882.html

http://www.caplugs.com/

A conventional silicon diode isolator's voltage drop may not work well with a trickle charger. A MOSFET-based isolator will work fine with a trickle charger because the voltage drop should be negligible. A typical solenoid will DRAW more power to close the contactor than a trickle charger will...

Solenoids are cheap, easy to install, and because it has a moving parts, it will arc every time it opens and closes. They transfer current efficiently when new and degrade over time. Solid state battery isolators have no moving parts and the efficiency of current transfer will vary depending...

Add a second alternator and run its output to the house battery bank. If your main alternator goes sideways, jump the vehicle batteries over to the second alternator and you're up and running in 10 minutes. Those Ford alternators are for sale pretty much everywhere so getting a broken...

On a trip, the TSA got pissy about battery clamps I had with me. They explained that it came under the heading of "locking plyers." I tried to use logic....they're neither plyers nor do they lock...but there was no progress to be made. I parted with the $1.72 battery clamps and enjoyed yet...