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Rusty, After reading the manual for the Vanner and Cooper systems: both are designed for powering external 12V loads. I'd say that your Vanner rep was confused.
I get what you are saying about increased load, higher heat, etc. However, Vanner claims a load current rating in the 60-100A range. If you can't run even modest tens of amp loads without catastrophe, it sounds like a poorly engineered converter or wildly exaggerated capability.
Why do you believe this will shorten the life? This is what the manual states is normal/ intended operation? Functionally, the battery equalizer is like any other DC-DC converter with the difference that the output voltage is exactly half of the input. As long as you are not exceeding the...
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