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Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
Historical mailing list - TC
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:15:47 -0800
...Very simple to install, far superior to > > the older isolator installation requirements. > So my old sure power 952-3A just died saturday, it would...
Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:28:32 -0700
...battery solenoid "can" type isolator is actuated by the alternator blue wire (D+) Easy to measure the "can" isolator current draw, but blue wire...
Re: problems installing second battery
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:09:47 -0800
The isolator is not wired according to the maker's directions. You mentioned this as item 3 in your list of possible problems. The...
Re: Where to get a Sure Power 1315-200 battery xxxxxxxx: (separator / interconnect)
Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:54:50 -0500
...Where to get a Sure Power 1315-200 battery isolator? The SurePower 1315 is NOT an isolator, it is a smart separator. There is...
Re: Aux Battery Blow Up
Historical mailing list - MissVeeDub
Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:12:14 -0700
...We tested the isolator - and for some reason the Aux battery had been getting 18volts!!! And the normal battery was getting 15 - but only...
Can you still get Reinforced Synthetic Syncro Wallace AFM isolators for a Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:17:55 -0500
Just a little something for the archives. Jim
Battery isolator tutorial
Historical mailing list - Stanley Pitman
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:24:44 -0700
This tutorial seeks to shed a little light on vehicular charging systems, and the use of battery isolators in particular. It developed from research...
RE: Electric Heaters / isolater
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 13 Oct 1995 14:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
...If you start drawing more current than the generator can supply, the isolator cuts off the generator from the second battery, and lets the...
Re: SurePower Battery Isolator
Historical mailing list - Otmar
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:01:15 -0700
...is the best bet for a >Vanagon...don't get an isolator. > >http://www.surepower.com This sure looks like a great device! Does...
Re: Battery isolator question
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:09:53 -0700
...id= > > isolator, separator, combiner, battery relay.....call it what you like, > everyone else does > > Mark > > > Dennis Haynes wrote: > >> Let's not confuse isolators (diode...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - H R
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:11:27 -0800
...batteries, isolators, relays in vanagons on my website: There are also a lot of road trips, testing the installed systems, so I know they...
Re: isolator voltages
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sun, 9 May 2004 07:00:44 EDT
...I'm curious as to what voltages would be normal for 2 batteries w/ a surepower isolator. My main battery seems to have bitten...
Re: Battery isolator
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:18:14 -0800
...cheers matthew ps, i i ordered my battery isolator at the local flaps for like 40$. Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting...
ASI Wiring
Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:15:03 -0500
I asked earlier for ASI wiring diagrams--- Perhaps somebody just knows how to rewire the second battery, inverter/charger, isolator. M & N
Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:11:39 -0500
...Battery Isolators vs. Relays > I thought the reason for going through the significant efforts to install an isolator > was to avoid a substantial drain...
Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:24:25 -0800
...Battery isolator >> >> Just a reminder for those interested in adding a >second battery, that >I >> sell >> a genuine Hella dual-battery relay kit designed...
Aux. Battery Isolator Relay
Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
Sun, 14 Sep 1997 13:44:25 -0400
...I have read all I can find in the archives, but still have some confusion on how to hook up the isolator relay. The...
Need advice on Battery Isolators
Historical mailing list
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 11:54:21 -0600
...What subtlties do I need to know about isolators? The battery I'm installing is a 12V deep cycle gel cell (Wheel Chair battery...
Re: Battery isolator question
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 1 Aug 2014 09:51:42 -0700
...Battery isolator question There are many brands and models of this kind of product but I like these best and have installed them in...
Re: Solenoid Type Battery Isolator. Insulate Posts? PIC
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:04:37 -0700
...looks like you covered > the hot wires pretty well on the isolator. > > Rob > vwrobb@gmail.com -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For...
Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:42:23 -0800
...Battery isolators typically contain 2 large diodes to isolate the batteries. These diodes have a voltage drop across them of roughly 0.6 volts...
Re: Battery isolator question
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:09:03 -0700
...SUPW Mark Richard A Jones wrote: >> Let's not confuse isolators (diode devices) with relays or contactors. > > Or combiners! I like: > http://yandina.com...
Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:26:58 -0500
...Battery Isolators vs. Relays > I thought the reason for going through the significant efforts to install an isolator > was to avoid a substantial drain...
Re: (Fixed) 1990 Syncro Alternator
Historical mailing list - Michael Blackburn
Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:27:20 -0600
...I have a crazy setup with a dual battery isolator and the thing has a wire that solders onto the regulator inside the alternator...
Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
Historical mailing list - TC
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:04:23 -0800
...Very simple to install, far superior to > the older isolator installation requirements. So my old sure power 952-3A just died saturday, it would...
Aux. battery relay alternative, part 2
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 02:16:15 EST
... and I should have mentioned that, like relays, but unlike isolators, the combiner does not result in any voltage drop. -Steven Sittser
Has anyone dealt with Hellroaring Technologies?
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:00:40 -0600
The sad saga of my $174 Hellroaring battery isolator continues. it was defective originally and they repaired it. Now it still doesn't work...
Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] More charging system comments
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 May 2005 19:10:40 -0400
Battery Isolators are generally known as sold state devices, (diodes), that allow current to flow from the alternator to multiple batteries, but prevent current...
Re: 2nd battery article by Dennis Haynes
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:58:19 -0400
...Personally I would eliminate the isolator. Go with the 2nd battery relay kit sold by several vendors. It seems to have have some built...
Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:58:57 -0500
...Battery Isolators vs. Relays The way you solve the draindown problem is to connect the relay actuation circuit to the alternator idiot light circuit...
Re: Charging Second Battery
Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:58:10 -0800
...To clarify, an isolator is not an inverter. The isolator is not expensive. They cost from $25 to $60. You don't need to...
Re: dual battery isolator
Historical mailing list - Westyman
Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:04:49 -0700
...How do you feel about Hellroaring's isolator-combiners? they claim less than .005 volt drop. http://hellroaring.com/bic75150.htm I really don...
Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:29:50 -0500
...To your corners! Isolators on the left. Relayers on the right. Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 02:07:45 +0800 From: Tim Hannink <tjhannink...
Re: Has anyone dealt with Hellroaring Technologies?
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:18:32 -0400
...It's a bit different then a normal isolator like surepower. JFF On Oct 14, 2004, at 10:00 PM, Gnarlodious wrote: The sad...
Re: Battery isolator question
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 1 Aug 2014 10:05:59 -0700
...Battery isolator question > SurePower 1314A and 1315A -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco...
Re: radio whine - success, failure, success
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:20:51 -0700
...Go get that ground loop isolator and > stop torturing yourself. ;-) > > d > ps - the amp in that diagram costs three grand for 30 watts/channel...
Re: wiring auxiliary battery
Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
Fri, 26 May 2000 11:33:40 -0700
...use a battery isolator? I don't see how I could wire them in parallel if I use a battery isolator between the two...
Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:34:30 -0500
...isolator in a vanagon? >> >> Jim > > > > Jim, > The problem is that it would cause the battery charging voltage to > become excessively low... > > Battery isolators typically...
Re: Install of a Surepower 1315
Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:21:35 -0700
...http://www.salicos.com/images/Isolator1.JPG Looking in the driver's door: http://www.salicos.com/images/Isolator2.JPG Did you run a...
Archive Search
Historical mailing list - Werner Kenneth Hellmer
Thu, 14 Apr 1994 09:55:11 -0500 (CDT)
//ListSrch JOB Echo=no Database Search DD=Rules outlim=5000 //Rules DD * SELECT ( isolator or alternator or battery) electrical in VINTAGVW print /* // EOJ *Werner...
Re: AW Electric Question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:51:32 +0000
Yes, The Adventurewagon uses an isolator that reqiures a separate sense lead to the regulator. The alternator needs to have a tab cut and...
shur power 1315 wiring question
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:00:48 +0000
I installed a shurpower 1315 isolator. It is so simple, I don't know how I messed it up. I hooked up main battery...
Re: SurePower Battery Isolator
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:13:11 -0400
Well, thanks for the link ( www.rvparts.com) . Unfortunately the 1315 appears to not be orderable from them. No price, and you can't...
Re: SurePower Battery Isolator
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:02:55 -0600
...SurePower Battery Isolator > Either the 1314 or the 1315 are fine for Vanagons. The 1315 is slightly > more flexible but most Vanagon owners won...
Re: Battery isolators vs Relays- was- Why do JC Whitney Battery....
Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
Wed, 4 Feb 2004 09:30:11 -0700
...Ok, adding fancy electronic gear is sexier so the isolator wins that one. It also wins on the exaggerated sales drivel and scare tactics...
Re: Adding the second battery to the early vanagon ('80)
Historical mailing list - Philip Hanson (Volt Computer)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 22:16:22 -0700
...And just use an off the shelf isolator. Think that would work? Just so it works the toaster right. -----Original Message----- From: David Katsuki...
I-Pods and isolators
Historical mailing list - Matt Bennett
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:44:42 -0400
...In regard to battery isolators for dual battery setups, I tried an isolator on my van and wasn't happy with it. It drew...
Re: battery isolator Blue Sea 7620
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:26:02 +0000
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Re: Where to get a Sure Power 1315-200 battery isolator?
Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:09:17 -0600
...Where to get a Sure Power 1315-200 battery isolator? > Subject line says it all. Sure Power apparently doesn't sell direct to the...
Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:41:02 -0900
...Battery Isolators vs. Relays My particular model Dometic fridge does not run on propane, only 12 VDC and 110 VAC as I stated in...
RE: Westy auxiliary battery setup
Historical mailing list
Tue, 07 Feb 95 08:58:00 MST
Hello, Whether X-switches (relays) or isolators (diodes) are used, the problem remains the same. The alternator's voltage capability is high enough not...
Refrigerator Heater Relay
Historical mailing list - Greg Pratt
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:18:36 EDT
...I have installed a battery isolator ,(as detailed on Harold and Nancy's webpage. Thanks. :) ), for my auxiliary battery. I'm assuming that the...
Re: dual battery isolator
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:07:12 -0400
...I have seen regular isolators drop that much voltage but I was being conservative and my experience shows the 1.1 to be normal...
RE: Aux Battery
Historical mailing list - Charlie Moore
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:55:25 -0800
...I put it on the = posts on the isolator and they read 12.9v! I am losing a volt in the friggin isolator! I...
Re: Charging Second Battery
Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 18:19:09 -0500
...An isolator is not necessary and wastes energy (hence the cooling >fins). To be on the safe side, add your own wire (6 gauge...
SurePower Isolator 1202R
Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:26:32 -0800
Hello- Recieved my SurePower Isolator in the mail today... a 1202R for Bosch alternator, and it included VW Vanagon specific instructions. This is as...
Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:34:46 -0800
The way you solve the draindown problem is to connect the relay actuation circuit to the alternator idiot light circuit. That way the relay...
Re: 2nd battery relays & the Hella in particular
Historical mailing list - Bess's Buddies
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:54:44 -0800
...Battery isolator >>> >>> Just a reminder for those interested in adding a >>second battery, that >>I >>> sell >>> a genuine Hella dual-battery relay kit designed...
auxiliary terminal on alternator
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 16:36:15 -0500
...I now have this wonderful isolator that says if you have a Motorola alternator with "auxiliary terminal" that you basically take the output from...
Re: radio whine, need help
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 3 Apr 2011 12:29:44 -0700
...cheers alistair On 3-Apr-11, at 12:12 PM, Karl Ploessl wrote: > use a "ground loop isolator" f.ex. from > http://www.radioshack...