twaldron

Oh, ok...thanks!

c wrote:

> This page might help you out:
>
> http://www.hellroaring.com/rv.htm#Basic%20Auxiliary
>
> Chris

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03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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twaldron

Oh, ok...thanks!

c wrote:

> This page might help you out:
>
> http://www.hellroaring.com/rv.htm#Basic%20Auxiliary
>
> Chris

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tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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Ron Croonenberg

I have to check. I moved to the other side of the country. (I think I
printed it and stuck the sheets of paper in teh haynes or chilton manual
somewhere.

Ron


twaldron wrote:

> Do you still have a URL for those directions?
>
> Ron Croonenberg wrote:
>
>> there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>> and works really well.
>>
>> basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>> (yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>> but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I
>> still have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>
>> I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>> car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>
>> as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>
>> Ron
>
>

Ron Croonenberg

I have to check. I moved to the other side of the country. (I think I
printed it and stuck the sheets of paper in teh haynes or chilton manual
somewhere.

Ron


twaldron wrote:

> Do you still have a URL for those directions?
>
> Ron Croonenberg wrote:
>
>> there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>> and works really well.
>>
>> basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>> (yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>> but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I
>> still have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>
>> I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>> car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>
>> as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>
>> Ron
>
>

Ron Croonenberg

I have to check. I moved to the other side of the country. (I think I
printed it and stuck the sheets of paper in teh haynes or chilton manual
somewhere.

Ron


twaldron wrote:

> Do you still have a URL for those directions?
>
> Ron Croonenberg wrote:
>
>> there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>> and works really well.
>>
>> basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>> (yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>> but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I
>> still have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>
>> I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>> car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>
>> as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>
>> Ron
>
>

Ron Croonenberg

I am not an electrician, So I dunno all the details. But it works and
the instructions where pretty good.

There is a battery isolator involved though.

I found the schematic on the web 2 years or so ago, together with the
instructions of the isolator it was pretty easy to hook up. The isolator
isn't that cheap, it was about $70 or so and it's pretty big.

Ron



---- wrote:

> That wouldn't be possible (if you don't have a switch or solenoid)
> unless you have a diode isolator between the two batteries.
> Otherwise, they both would have a common connection at the alternator,
> and would be in parallel.
>
> ----
>
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:02:00 -0500, Ron Croonenberg <ronc@depauw.edu>
> wrote:
>
>
>>there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>>and works really well.
>>
>>basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>>(yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>>but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I still
>>have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>
>>I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>>car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>
>>as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>
>>Ron
>
>

Ron Croonenberg

I am not an electrician, So I dunno all the details. But it works and
the instructions where pretty good.

There is a battery isolator involved though.

I found the schematic on the web 2 years or so ago, together with the
instructions of the isolator it was pretty easy to hook up. The isolator
isn't that cheap, it was about $70 or so and it's pretty big.

Ron



---- wrote:

> That wouldn't be possible (if you don't have a switch or solenoid)
> unless you have a diode isolator between the two batteries.
> Otherwise, they both would have a common connection at the alternator,
> and would be in parallel.
>
> ----
>
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:02:00 -0500, Ron Croonenberg <ronc@depauw.edu>
> wrote:
>
>
>>there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>>and works really well.
>>
>>basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>>(yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>>but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I still
>>have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>
>>I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>>car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>
>>as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>
>>Ron
>
>

Ron Croonenberg

I am not an electrician, So I dunno all the details. But it works and
the instructions where pretty good.

There is a battery isolator involved though.

I found the schematic on the web 2 years or so ago, together with the
instructions of the isolator it was pretty easy to hook up. The isolator
isn't that cheap, it was about $70 or so and it's pretty big.

Ron



---- wrote:

> That wouldn't be possible (if you don't have a switch or solenoid)
> unless you have a diode isolator between the two batteries.
> Otherwise, they both would have a common connection at the alternator,
> and would be in parallel.
>
> ----
>
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:02:00 -0500, Ron Croonenberg <ronc@depauw.edu>
> wrote:
>
>
>>there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>>and works really well.
>>
>>basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>>(yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>>but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I still
>>have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>
>>I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>>car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>
>>as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>
>>Ron
>
>

Ron Croonenberg

might be it is called that, for me it works pretty good.

for some reason I had the "car battery" drained and the Jeep wouldn't
start. I just had to connect one battery with the other (two poles are
already hooked up) to just jump start ity with the yellow top.
So that shows you can charge both, and not drain them both with one
application. I like it I don't have to use a manual switch.

JimG wrote:

> That's a basic isolator setup.
>
> JimG
>
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
> news:hSVSb.12970$wg2.5298@newssvr24.news.prodigy.c om...
>
>>Do you still have a URL for those directions?
>>
>>Ron Croonenberg wrote:
>>
>>
>>>there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>>>and works really well.
>>>
>>>basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>>>(yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>>>but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I still
>>>have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>>
>>>I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>>>car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>>
>>>as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>>
>>>Ron
>>
>>--
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>>tw
>>
>>03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
>>01 XJ Sport
>>
>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
>>-- Dave Barry
>>
>>Pronunciation: 'jEp
>>Function: noun
>>Date: 1940
>>
>>Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
>>A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
>>1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
>>World War II.
>>
>>(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>>
>
>
>

Ron Croonenberg

might be it is called that, for me it works pretty good.

for some reason I had the "car battery" drained and the Jeep wouldn't
start. I just had to connect one battery with the other (two poles are
already hooked up) to just jump start ity with the yellow top.
So that shows you can charge both, and not drain them both with one
application. I like it I don't have to use a manual switch.

JimG wrote:

> That's a basic isolator setup.
>
> JimG
>
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
> news:hSVSb.12970$wg2.5298@newssvr24.news.prodigy.c om...
>
>>Do you still have a URL for those directions?
>>
>>Ron Croonenberg wrote:
>>
>>
>>>there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>>>and works really well.
>>>
>>>basically I have a red top optima as a "car" battery, and a deep cycle
>>>(yellow top optima) for the winch. both get charged by the alternator,
>>>but they get used "seperately" (when the yellow one has drained I still
>>>have the red one, and the other way around.)
>>>
>>>I don't have a switch to switch between them, the red one is dedicated
>>>car battery, the yellow on is dedicated winch battery.
>>>
>>>as I mentioned I found the schematics on the net.
>>>
>>>Ron
>>
>>--
>>________________________________________________ ___________
>>tw
>>
>>03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
>>01 XJ Sport
>>
>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
>>-- Dave Barry
>>
>>Pronunciation: 'jEp
>>Function: noun
>>Date: 1940
>>
>>Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
>>A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
>>1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
>>World War II.
>>
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