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--- electrical:12v:self-jumpstarting [2020/06/23 11:01]
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+++ electrical:12v:self-jumpstarting [2020/06/23 11:14]
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 Self-jumpstarting means jumpstarting one's own vehicle without the use of another vehicle.  The most common way to do this is by [[electrical:12v:alternator|combining]] house and chassis batteries.
-It will be easiest on the system to combine the batteries and allow the starter battery to come up a bit instead of immediately attempting to start.
 ===== jumping from the house bank =====
+It will be gentlest on the system to combine the batteries and allow the starter battery to come up a bit instead of immediately attempting to start.
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 ==== DC-DC chargers ====
-Some [[electrical:12v:b2b|DC-DC chargers]] have
+Some [[electrical:12v:b2b|DC-DC chargers]] with integrated [[electrical:solar:charge_controller|solar charge controllers]] can keep the starter battery maintained after the house batteries are charged.  This would help avoid the "dead starter battery" situation in the first place.
+[Note from secessus:  AFAIK none of the DC-DC chargers allow self-jumpstarting.  If anyone knows otherwise, please point me to the documentation.  Thanks!]

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