Equalizing battery charges

Submitted: Sunday, May 08, 2005 at 18:51
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Hello I have a 24v Safari which I have had for 18 months.
To date I have had no battery issues and have 24v auxilaries for my fridge.

I now want to run more lighting, UHF, air compressors and the like and it is become too painful trying to find 24v gear. So I am trying to find the best way to get a solid 12v supply.

It is easy enough just to pull 12v off one of the batteries but the issue seems to be with the batteries getting to different potentials. Redarc have a charge equalizer that will do the job at a price or a 24-12 transformer at a greater price :(

Is there a cheaper way? I was thinking I could connect a portable battery charger to the low battery every now and then to equalize the charge. Maybe even monitor them individually via an in cab meter. Hey, what about a switch in the cab, so when the in cab meters show one is low, I can then switch to the other!. UHF won't draw much and the compressor is normally only used once at the end of a trip. Wadda ya reckon?
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