On 09/20/2012 05:44 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 08:26 PM 9/20/2012, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>> During non-use the charger will go to 14.5-14.8 volts to complete the
>> charge
>> cycle which also tests the interior propane alarm. Many small
>> indicator/decorator lamps left on burn out from this.
>
> Yes, the smart regulator I put on Scamp (the boat, not the van) years
> ago had an input that would limit voltage whenever halogen lamps were
> burning, for just that reason.

I had halogen lights in my van for a while, I don't recall what charging
scheme I used then, but none failed. These-a-days I've got LED light
strips and reading lights any they don't seem to be sensitive to higher
voltages.

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.