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Subject:Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
From:Loren Busch
Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:34:50 -0700

On 7/18/07, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is you smart charger designed to permanently installed? If so, there
> should
> be no problem having the solar charger and the other battery charger
> permanently connected. That is how it is normally done. Since you have the
> smart switch isolating the batteries, the typical installation would be
> for
> the solar and 110V charger to be connected to the house battery. The
> engine
> alternator stays on the chassis battery.

Dennis, I have in fact the exact charger you suggested, with the Charge
Wizard.  The one thing I noticed is that when connected to the battery but
no 110 v ac going to the charger I still had the LED on the Wizard
illuminated.  And you are confirming my suspicion that both the solar
controller and the charger can be connected at the same time.
Thanks