Thread: Warning on auxiliary batteries

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Mate, when someone comes along, FOR THE SECOND TIME, posting up nothing but porkies about a field I not only work in but make my living from, you bet we are going down this path again.

No Drivesafe, I am not telling porkies. I have given enough information for others to check and judge which of us is straying from the truth. I am sure anyone who bothers to check will be able to work out why anyone in particualr might be straying form the truth.

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Wilbur, I make my living by working in this field of automotive electrics. I have NEVER deliberately set out to mislead any of my customers and I have made it my business to keep up with all the advances and deceptions relating to this field and DC-DC devices most certainly fall into the deception category.

As above, I make my living from this field, and anything that I can make an honest buck from, I’ll research.

I have access to the worlds best DC-DC devices, these are the Sterling from the UK and Pro Mariner from the USA, and by selling these devices, I could make a killing, but I’d be ripping off my customers if I tried to make out these devices would improve charging over what the standard alternator can do.

Wilbur, if you had any real experience in this field and bothered to carry out the slightest bit of research about these devices, ( instead of being blindly lead by the grossly misleading info used to sell these devices ) you would not be making such ridiculous claims about these devices you have been posting about.

The better quality DC-DC devices will fully charge batteries while driving, BUT in only a very few cases will they do it quicker than an alternator can and this is the problem.

Why should people with a small battery capacity set up spend heaps of money on a device that at very best will only do what an alternator can already do or they might give a marginal improvement over an alternator, and worse still, with larger battery capacity set ups, by the end of a days drive, these DC-DC devices will actually leave your batteries in a low state of charge than what an alternator can do.

This ultimately means, by using one of these DC-DC devices, you not only have less power available at the end of a days drive but you are actually shortening your auxiliary/house battery’s life span.

But Wilbur you claim it’s better to destroy your batteries, all because you THINK these DC-DC devices are the ants pants and your quite happy to run down a much cheaper device, by using false claims, for no other reason than to big note yourself.

FACT, if someone is after the fast recharge set up while driving then NOTHING beats my SC80 dual battery systems, and this includes being faster than these wonder DC-DC devices

The lad doth protest too much, methinks.

You just can't help yourself being offensive, can you? Yes, I know (now) that you make your living selling these things. I don't. My only interest was to offer advice to those who needed it in exchange for excellent advice I have received on this forum.

Clearly this is not a suitable venue to place posts about auto electrics. If anyone wants unbiased information, they are welcome to PM me.