Thread: Leaking Voltage?

Les,

Wilbur is always trolling and was proven wrong by Drivesafe and has a bug up his arse over it...

Cheers

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Originally Posted by outasight

Hi Tim,

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "while on" and "when isolated".
Under what conditions does the SC80-LR behave in those two states?
At this point of my understanding it seems like the obvious question is "Would it not be beneficial to have an ignition powered relay to put it into "isolation" when the engine(ignition) is off?'

Regards,

Les.

Hi and thanks Tomie.

Hi Les, and continuing on from Tomie's post, most isolators cut-in ( turn on ) when the motor is started and cut-out or isolate ( turn off ) when the motor is turned off or shortly there after.

While the SC80 and SC80-LR on like other isolators, they do not isolate the cranking battery form the other batteries until the common voltage of all the batteries reach 12.0v ( 50% SoC ).

All cranking batteries have a huge reserve of unused capacity and the SC80 and SC80-LR use this cranking battery capacity to extend the operating time of accessories running off your auxiliary battery(s).

Because all vehicles can be started from a battery with 11.75v and most can be started with cranking battery voltages down as low as 11.5v so there is still heaps of power left to start a vehicle.

The SC80 has been working in this way for over 20 years and while the initial intention was to make use of the unused capacity of the cranking battery, there is a whole range of advantages in the way the SC80 works over how other isolators work.

One primary advantage is that because your alternator can charge two ( or more ) batteries at the same time, the SC80 means you replace far more used battery capacity in a short drive time than any other DBS can do.

Another is that because you are spreading the load over two batteries, by halving the load, you are not as harsh on the two batteries as you would need to be when you only use one and this means your batteries will have a longer life.

There are quite a few other advantages but this will give you the basics and more importantly, I’ve highjacked Rich’s thread and it’s time to give it back to him.

Sorry for all diversions Rich.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Les,

Wilbur is always trolling and was proven wrong by Drivesafe and has a bug up his arse over it...

Cheers

(Former ATC/ATWL - R.A.N)

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Nonsense Tombie, Drivesafe CLAIMED I was wrong, he did not PROVE it. There is a difference.

I admire the loyalty you all show to Drivesafe and I know I become a pariah for daring to question his product. That doesn't take away the truth of what I post, and if Drivesafe and Blknight hadn't attacked me so visciously when I first posted, I probably would never have been following posts on this subject.

Anyway, now there are more facts available about how the Traxide unit works, so that any of you with an open mind can make a fair judgement. Those with closed minds should ask yourselves why Drivesafe nees to defend his product so violently, and why he hasn't posted full details of his product on his website.

Oh and outasight, 7 amp/hours is the correct terminolgy. 7 amps is meaningless in this context.

Sorry Wilbur, A/h isn't correct either. It is AMP-HOURS or Ah, a product of amps times hours. An electronic person should know that.