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Old 09-03-04, 09:22 PM   #2
Rich
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All of the diode based isolaters have pretty much the same voltage drop. The solution is to wire the alternator so that it senses the voltage between the battery and the isolater, otherwise, the batteries do not get the intended charging voltage, as you have discovered.

At the cost of greater complexity, go to one of the relay based systems. For simplicity, use a manual dual battery switch.
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