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Subject:Fwd: do all ACRs work like this?
From:David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:01:18 -0400

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From: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: do all ACRs work like this?
To: Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>

 It does not isolate the house battery
> from the starting battery unless the voltage on one of the batteries goes
> below 12.75v. When I installed the ACR I thought that the batteries would
> be isolated whenever they weren't being charged but this is not the case.
>

That's a distinction with very little difference.  As soon as you put any
sort of load on the voltage will drop and disconnect the link.

Yrs,
d

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