In a message dated 19/02/2007 10:20:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Here's  that link Sam. Lots of good stuff on the site. I do think several
people  misunderstood what I was saying though. I didn't mean to imply that
if one  battery was bad it would absolutely take out the second. Batteries do
tend  to want to equalize themselves, and a bad battery can deteriorate a
good  one. Relays are also not true battery isolators, which is another point
I  wanted to make. A true battery isolator will shut down a battery when  it
reaches a certain minimum voltage. This by itself can save a battery and  $$.
Having a good metering system, I think is key in any  case.

Using  the Sure Power 1315 Battery Separator solves all your problems.  The
batteries are NEVER, NEVER, EVER, connected to one another.  That's the  whole
point of using the Sure Power device !  We've been over this a  gazillion
times if not more !  Relay systems work but not well,   isolator systems work a
little better but still not correct.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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