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    Amp gauges for 260A alternator.

    Yea they do stick with you. Have you load tested the batteries? I would pick the best two and drop to just 2, at least for testing. Batteries in parallel can make troubleshooting difficult as a good battery can mask a bad one. If you had a bad cell in a battery it would have trouble...
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    Amp gauges for 260A alternator.

    Yea you will pull a little more than that @24 with the heater blower, A/C and wipers on, but not all that much more. That is quite a bit less than my guesstimate… You have LED lights? That 14V load seems low for all the lights on. I totaled them up one time With incandescents the total...
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    Amp gauges for 260A alternator.

    Oh yea, I forgot all about the grid heater, that is typically a fairly short duration load though. @Skyhawk13205 if you are experiencing a significant voltage drop when the grid heater is engaged, I would suspect weak/dirty connections. The giveaway for this is if you measure the voltage at...
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    Amp gauges for 260A alternator.

    The ECU and TCU load are probably not all that great. Then there is wiper, heater-A/C and I supposer air dryer heater when its cold out. And of course + any 24v lighting you have added. You would have to measure to be sure, but all up probably not more than 30A @24v. Where did you come up...
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