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• Re: re: auxiliary batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Sep 94 10:56:18 EDT
  Never use a dual battery isolator on a VW bus because it chops off too much of the charging current--more than a VW...
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:36:27 -0400
  ...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: battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:28:39 -0700
  RE: Sure Power Separators I've used the Sure Power for about 13 years now in my '90 Westy. First one failed after about...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:11:59 -0800
  Hmmm... My relay disconnects 12v from the fridge if the alternator is not "charging" that way the battery is saved from inadvertant discharge. Note...
• Re: more on problems with second battery
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:23:17 -0800
  ...I've been looking at this whole second battery isolator / relay thing. I agree that a relay is the way to go as opposed...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:50:02 EST
  ...Relays are also not true battery isolators, which is another point I wanted to make. A true battery isolator will shut down a battery...
• Battery Installation Catalog--Wrangler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:36:27 -0500
  ...While I am on the subject, let me restate a long stated position to use relays, not isolators, when installing your 2nd batteries (you...
• Auxiliary Battery Switches
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:53:37 -0700
  ...It is my vague understanding that isolators do not connect the two batteries. They are a solid state device that directs charging power from...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:35:56 -0800
  > > ARE THERE THERE ANY ADVANTAGES TO AN ISOLATOR at all ? > well grinding away here it looks like there are 2 disadvantages > (please correct me...
• Re: auxiliary terminal on alternator
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:32:16 -0700
  ...a) Rather than using a diode battery isolator, use a solenoid switch that connects the aux battery across the base battery only when the...
• Re: Battery Isolators
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 22:41:42 -0800
  I forget the Vf drop for a Silicon Diode. I recall around 0.7VDC but hey...times change, the kodachrome fades and the dog...
• Re: Questions on a 2nd battery
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 01:30:58 -0700
  ...Where would I >> find a relay isolator that can be switched off of the ignition? >> This is just something aka an X-switch. You...
• Re: [Syncro] dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:24:39 -0700
  ...KG6RCR mark drillock wrote: > If you read your link, Sean used a RELAY instead of an isolator with his > Optima dual battery setup. He...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:51:51 +0800
  ...Battery Isolators vs. Relays Why would you run the 'fridge on a battery anyway? It works much better on propane, and just takes a...
• alternator wires (last post hopefully)
  Historical mailing list - patty and danny
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 06:27:05 -0800
  Okay I'm officially starting my project today (putting an isolator in and replacing most of the wiring). I have everything planned except one...
• Re: shur power 1315 wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:11:41 -0800
  ...Mark Dave Vickery wrote: > I installed a shurpower 1315 isolator. It is so simple, I don't know how I > messed it up. > > I...
• Re: problems installing second battery
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:35:15 -0500
  ...We ran into some trouble, and we're looking for > advice. > Joy & Steve, Since you have the Sure Power Isolator, you need to follow...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:39:06 -0400
  ...dual battery isolator Dennis, Thanks, good info to know. I really wasn't aware of the voltage drop issue, among others. How do you...
• Re: Vitrifrigo trip results, wiring, battery life, charging issues, etc
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:22:12 -0700
  ...An '87 with a stock starting battery and two Yellow Tops in parallel, connected by a Shurepower isolator, not separator. That specific isolator is...
• dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:14:40 -0700
  ...Will that work 'OK', or do I need to use some other method or isolator? It seems to me that the alternator would not...
• Aux. battery relay alternative
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:59:05 EST
  ...battery, but in the mean time I thought I'd mention an alternative to battery relays and isolators that I hadn't seen mentioned...
• Tires Batt isolators bike racks etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:18:07 -0700
  ...Batt Isolator: I use a portable OPTIMA not mounted under the seat. I charge it with a set of moto jumper cables when driving...
• Re: Speaking of aux batteries
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 3 Aug 2011 07:05:38 -0700
  On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> wrote: > Isolators are so 90s. > Replace with a battery separator...
• Re: Is there a MANUAL switch available? ;WAS: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:24:15 PST
  ...Is battery isolator > better than a relay? >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 22:39:32 -0500 > > Being somewhat distrustful of automatic devices I have...
• Re: [Syncro] dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:30:51 -0700
  ...The diode isolators are not good in my opinion as they introduce a 0.7V loss in the system over both batteries. The computerized...
• Re: Is there a MANUAL switch available? ;WAS: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:24:43 PST
  ...Is battery isolator > better than a relay? >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 22:39:32 -0500 > > Being somewhat distrustful of automatic devices I have...
• Re: Battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:22:27 -0500
  ...Battery isolator In a message dated 12/11/01 6:56:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET writes: << The alternator can be...
• Re: Fuel pump noise?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:17:35 -0400
  ...Those rubber isolators make a big > difference. Very cheap and easy to replace: http://www.busdepot.com/113142355b - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc...
• Re: 2nd Battery - Isolator Question
  Historical mailing list
  11 Jul 96 14:57:52 PDT
  James Careful, batteries, even sealed ones, give off sulfuric acid fumes! and ANY leakage will eat through stuff. Get a plastic battery box. > I...
• Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:56:23 -0600
  It seems to me that unless the interior lights, fridge, etc are hooked directly to the aux battery, the aux battery does no good...
• Re: Where to buy Sure Power Battery isolator?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 28 May 2004 19:53:03 -0400
  ...http://www.surepower.com/Distributors/Distributors.asp I would also look at a hellroaring isolators. surepower doesn't make one that will work with...
• Re: Dielectric Grease
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 8 Mar 2014 11:40:45 -0500
  ...an isolator on grounds.
• Re: [Syncro] Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:26:15 -0400
  ...dual battery isolator Doesn't this type of isolator actually feed differing amounts of charge to each battery bank, based on the amount of...
• Re: short in second battery/isolator system
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:52:12 -0700
  At 10:25 PM 8/13/2004, Jeff Hartman wrote: >I have a sure power isolator and second battery, installed at the company >that...
• Re: Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:15:28 -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...
• Aux. Battery
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:46:11 -0700
  ...I built an "Isolator" by mounting two 50 Amp Stud Mount Diodes on a heat sink (Yeah! full wave is overkill). Also on this...
• Re: Aux. Battery Isolator Relay
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 12:01:55 -0700
  ...Battery Isolator Relay Date: Sunday, September 14, 1997 10:44 AM I am in the process of installing an auxillary battery. I have read...
• Re: [Syncro] dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:09:27 -0400
  Although many folks have had success with conventional isolators, they are overall a bad idea. Yes they can be more reliable than relays since...
• Re: battery isolator Blue Sea 7605
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:28:52 +0000
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• Re: [Syncro] dual battery isolator - belay that
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:38:51 -0700
  ...A poor but proud race. > KG6RCR > > > > mark drillock wrote: > >> If you read your link, Sean used a RELAY instead of an isolator with his...
• aux battery + jump starting
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:40:31 -0800
  Howdy, I have an aux battery, isolated from my main using a Hellroaring isolator. I run an amp, cd changer, and a 45L Engel...
• Re: alternator connections
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:25:09 EST
  ...At any rate, having it or not will not hold up your adding the isolator. Ken Hunter 82 Westy 1.9D 84 Jetta 1...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:37:29 -0400
  > this is getting expensive For the typical user, our $19.95 Hella Dual Battery Relay Kit will do all you need without breaking the...
• Re: Westy auxiliary battery s...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 20:42:27 -0600 (CST)
  If isolators aren't supposed to be used on a V.W. alternator, and both batteries are not supposed to be wired together, how...
• proper Aux battery type size?
  Historical mailing list - Charles Webb
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:09:48 -0400
  Can anyone tell me what the specs are for the Aux battery? I finally got an isolator and now I can't find a...
• Re: Where to get a Sure Power 1315-200 battery isolator?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:06:15 -0600
  actually the 1315 regular is all you need, not the -200 list of distributors is here: http://www.surepower.com/usa.html >Subject line...
• Re: circuit for bridging the batteries
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:47:45 -0500
  ...And with an isolator, I would still need to add a circuit for the times I want the two in parallel. Edward At 05...
• Re: radio whine, need help
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 12:33:13 -0700
  ...alistair On 3-Apr-11, at 12:12 PM, Karl Ploessl wrote: > use a "ground loop isolator" f.ex. from > http://www.radioshack.com...
• alternator terminal
  Historical mailing list - patty and danny
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:49:30 -0800
  ...the battery or front of the van? I'm installing an isolator and I really must know. Thanks, Danny '81 Westy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE...
• 86 Westfalia Faucet
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:31:37 -0700
  ...I have a gowesty auxillary battery kit mounted behind the driver seat and i can hear a distinctive "clunk" coming from the isolator when...
• Auxiliary batteries revisited (and goodbye)
  Historical mailing list - Stanley Pitman
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:29:08 -0700
  Some of you might remember my postings from several weeks ago, sharing my engineering knowledge about battery isolators, relays and other such matters. In...
• Re: Vancouver Earthquake?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:58:17 -0700
  ...I was driving the van...earthquake isolator :) alistair On 2011-09-09, at 1:35 PM, Marius Strom wrote: > Didn't feel it just...
• Is there a MANUAL switch available? ;WAS: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 22:39:32 -0500
  Being somewhat distrustful of automatic devices I have been looking for a simple manual switch that would allow a setting of "Main, Aux, Both...
• Re: Dual Battery Setup
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 09:14:16 -0600
  ...http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/dualbattery.htm Harald and Nancy use an Surepower 1202R Isolator. Is there a site similar to this one...
• Re: Battery separators
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 18:04:47 -0700
  ...In > this case, the increased complexity of the control circuitry over a simple > relay or diode isolator means more electronic parts to fail. Maybe...
• Re: SurePower Battery Searator NOT Isolator!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Thacker
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:55:11 -0400
  ...SurePower Battery Searator NOT Isolator! No, it can't do this. Both models leave the starter always connected to the main battery. Both models...
• Adding 2nd battery to '87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Ben Trumble
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:43:16 -0800
  ...74000 original miles! Anyway, I want to add a second battery with an isolator, and I'm wondering which circuits should be moved from...
• 2nd Battery Solenoid
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:49:27 -0400
  ...My suggestion is to get a battery isolator > ($30+). The original VW/Westfalia design uses a relay instead of an isolator. When the key...
• Re: Isolator, where to put it?
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 21:37:42 -0500
  Darrell - Did a quick search for wire size comparisons and found http://tmworld.com/reference/wire_oddsends.htm which includes the British system in...
• Re: Battery question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:49:57 -0400
  ...The GW kit is described as using an isolator. If the diodes in an isolator fail, it will typically fail in the "closed" position...