Re: [T3] 12 volt from a 6 volt t-3

["Robert Burgess" <az_bob@hotmail.com>]

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> On 9 Sep 2002, at 1:11, Robert Burgess wrote:
>
> > How can I install another 6 volt battery parallel and wire a 12 volt 
> circuit
> > in series to handel 12 volt accessories. I could be mistaken but I could
> > have sworn I saw a VW bus web sight that showed a drawing that showed 
> just
> > how to do that. Now I can't find it. It did charge the batteries at 6 
> volt
> > and ran the 12 volt stuff. Is this possible?
>
> If you were willing to install a switch (charge extra battery/use 12V
> accessories) and manually switch back and forth, this would just take some
> relays. But this is probably NOT what you want, because with this system
> the battery can only be charged when driving and this is also the time when
> you probably want to be using your accessories.
>
> If you want to do both at the same time, you would need a 7VDC to 7VDC
> isolated inverter that would run any time the engine is running. This would 
> be
> much more difficult/expensive.
Do you mean a 7VDC to 12VDC inverter? How many Amps will it use? Could the 
generator keep up? Where would one get a inverter?

Thanks,
Bob


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