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.
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> JimG
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> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
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>>Do you still have a URL for those directions?
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>>Ron Croonenberg wrote:
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>>>there is also a setup (found it on the net) I have it for a few years
>>>and works really well.
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>>>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
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