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  1. 22nd January 2019, 04:44 PM #1
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    WUDU Magazine topic on Batteries.

    I Just downloaded the latest Whats Up Down Under magazine. It has an article about batteries and chargers, This is one of the comments:

    "Deep Cycle Batteries will not fully recharge from a standard vehicle alternator......and require a specific charge profile... Dc to DC is the most common"
    Now this seems to go against all what I have read by experts on this forum. So who is correct? I got rid of my DC to Dc charger and bought the traxide unit. Now I wonder if I should have kept it. Can some one please confirm this or not.

    Link is WUDU Monthly Issue #27 - What's Up Downunder

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  2. 22nd January 2019, 05:25 PM #2
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    Umm this will be an interesting......

    There are many ways to skin a cat.....

    I have an isolator that separates the start from the AUX pretty much as soon as a stop.....this is an issue for some as I’m not utilizing the spare capacity in my starter. Yep changed from traxide to redarc

    I do believe an alternator does struggles to charge to 100% and pretty sure Tim recommends walking a charger on every now and than more so for numerous short trips. Cannot remember Tim’s advice for touring mode but I’m thinking between getting nearly there quicker plus using the spare capacity in the starter system like Tim’s gives more capacity.

    Re: DC-DC.....for extended touring where your driving for 6hrs plus per day for multiple days and given most touring setups have some sort of solar I reckon DC-DC would be fine, expensive but fine.....people that I know with DC-DC don’t seem to experience any problems. Sure it may take a little longer but I reckon after a day of driving they couldn’t be too far behind other solutions and may well be in-front.
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  3. 22nd January 2019, 05:41 PM #3
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    I haven't found any need for DC-DC. If a battery is measuring more than 13 volts on float after a drive then it must be charged.
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  4. 22nd January 2019, 07:21 PM #4
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    Thanks for he link to the magazine....I had a quick browse and one advertised product got my attention....

    Off to research it some more.
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