| Re: [GMCnet] Should the batteries charge when plugged in [message #324777 is a reply to message #324765] |
Tue, 10 October 2017 01:09   |
Ken Burton
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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I suggest that you do NOT leave he boost solenoid energized. This probably will lead to eventual failure of the solenoid coil and also puts two batteries of different type in parallel If either one develops a shorted cell the opposite one will discharge into that short and the path is capable of several hundred amps. Can you say explosion or fire?
The $1.00 combiner if made out of 16 ga. or even 18 ga. wire will protect against that possible problem by burning in half under the above scenario. GM used similar wires, called fusible links, to protect the whole coach in case of an over current short. There is also a second fusible link in series with the heater fan on a GMC.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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