On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:15:31 +0100, Alaric B Snell
pixelated:

Gary Coffman wrote:
Ok, ASCII art schematic follows, switch to a fixed pitch font now.

diode 1
x----|-------BAT 1-------Loads
|
Alternator+ ----x
| |
| x----|-------BAT 2-------Load -
| diode 2 |
- -
|_______________ground_________________________|


Hmmm, that only seems to involve one power rail, and puts the load in
series with the battery... you sure about that?

He just left off the ground circuit since it was easily inferred.

Imagine the ground dropping down from the Alternator- and running
over to the right side of the load, the load-. (see my mods above)

Yes, a hot leads goes in series through the load to ground.

A smoothing cap isn't necessary since it's performed (to a
great extent) by the solid-state regulator and batteries
are VERY forgiving.


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