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Dug: the double post gremlin got me also.

JasonS, come on man. You are attempting to (re) introduce intelligence to this thread. I think that went away about 50 posts ago. It may have something to do with Harry Potter and trains. The unofficial goal is to get to 200 posts (before I re-define the goal) before we ge the post locked. As a...

You can't say I'm not aiming high eh DH? :mrgreen: As for the word that "Intelectually challenged" has been mandated to replace, Dug and I had a brother with Down's. He made it to about 24 years old, so we are familiar with that word.

Don't sell us short just yet. I think we have more potential. DH, man, I'm there for you if you need to talk. Just don't say anything too revolting.

Nice!:funny:

I trust you might be seeing a number of the Red Bulls from the 2/34 that got there not too long ago?

Sheet, if you'd gotten a MEP003 like myself, you could light up all of dirtbag, an we wouldn't be pushing 125 posts talking magic smoke, Harry Potter, an yer alternator set up. Got 'lectricity?

That whole magic thing bothers me. Magic smoke, magic boxes....next you know, Harry Potter really exists, and no one has control of anything anymore.

Do spelling errors count? Just kidding.... :mrgreen:

It's entirely the point. Two alternators equal two voltage regulators trying to regulate voltage on the same battery, except one is also charging the other battery.Which regulator wins? In your steam example, you have two locomotives in manual. That requires babysitting, which I do relatively...

The first locomotive runs the show. The rest are slaved to the master. One brain.

I just want to see the post count get to 100.

That's probably a good bet. DC is harder to wrap around when dealing with AC all the time.

No sand around here, only cold azz snow. I prefer to keep my head out of it. I'm not saying what you propose won't function. I question why bother and why no one else does it. I generate electricity for a living, and one thing common to most parallel generating sources is that there is...

I have since realized that. In my world, we have reverse current relays that protect against that. Edit: to emphasize what DH said, and i previously said, which voltage regulator is going to do the charging?

Consider that the 12v alternator is grounded to the engine, and your batteries are referenced to ground at 24v. Now connect your 12v alternator to the center of your two batteries. What have you just done? You just created a nice short to ground. You'd do just as well running a jumper cable from...

Think deep cycle.

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You may want to get a 24V relay so your 12V system is switched from the ignition.

Nice.