

| Subject: | Need advice on Battery Isolators |
| Date: | Tue, 3 Sep 1996 11:54:21 -0600 |
Yes I know this has all been gone over before but I didn't pay all that much attention since I didn't have a second battery to worry about. I'm hooking up an Aux battery. I want to isolate it. What subtlties do I need to know about isolators? The battery I'm installing is a 12V deep cycle gel cell (Wheel Chair battery). This battery is relatively tiny (less than half the size of a regular battery) and yet will provide 31 hours of juice at 4amps. These batteries will provide two times, or more, the capacity of a conventional deep cycle battery at low amps (under 25) loads. It also needs to be charged like a conventional auto battery and NOT like a standard deep cycle. So, what do I need to know about isolators? I have one I bought about 20 years ago (when I was just a tyke) from JCW and never installed. ---------------------------------------------------------------- James Cohen New York City, and Williamstown MA. jscohen@sprynet.com stirling@aol.com (which gets checked more often) Red '93 Corrado SLC (Highly modified) Red '87 GTI (mostly modified, soon to be a G60!) and '67 deluxe split window '71 Westy Breadloaf (high performance engine 1776cc B&B) '81 (for sale),'85 Westy Vanagons '83 9 passenger Vanagon '66, '74 busses (decomposing)
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