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electrical:12v:alternator_charging_hvd [2017/10/11 14:18]
frater_secessus [disconnecting isolators and simple relays] 		electrical:12v:alternator_charging_hvd [2020/10/11 19:48]
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 ====== Disconnecting alternator charging at a voltage setpoint ====== ====== Disconnecting alternator charging at a voltage setpoint ======
  
-There are scenarios where one might want to prevent an isolator from combining the house and chassis 12v systems:+There are scenarios where one might want to prevent a [[electrical:12v:alternator|battery isolator]] from combining the house and chassis 12v systems:
  
-  - the house battery needs less voltage than lead-acid (lithium, for example)+  - the house battery might be a chemistry that could get overcharged by the alternator (lithium, for example) 
 +  - the house battery might have a resting voltage high enough to trigger the house side of a dual-sensing relay (LiFePO4)
   - the combined circuit can feed higher-than-optimal voltages back from solar charge controller to the chassis' electronics.   - the combined circuit can feed higher-than-optimal voltages back from solar charge controller to the chassis' electronics.
 +  - a [[electrical:12v:b2b|b2b charger]] in parallel with an [[electrical:12v:alternator|isolator]] could have the same backfeeding result
  
  
 ===== how it works ===== ===== how it works =====
  
-[[electrical:12v:alternator|Isolator/relays/solenoids]], etc, use mechanical or electrical means to combine the chassis and house 12v systems;  this allows the alternator to charge the house batteries.  These mechanical or electrical means require a small amount power to operate.   +[[electrical:12v:alternator|Isolator/relays/solenoids]], etc, use mechanical or electrical means to combine the chassis and house 12v systems.   These mechanical or electrical means will require a small amount power to operate.((latching relays excepted))  
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-**If this power is disconnected the isolator will turn off** and 12v systems will be separate again.((latching relays excepted))  Using a High Voltage Disconnect to kill power to the isolator will effectively stop the alternator from charging the house battery at a given voltage setpoint.  +
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-===== disconnecting isolators and simple relays ===== +
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-by 12v trigger.  Example:  12v source that's only active when the key is in the RUN position.  These have 4 lugs:  starting+, house+, trigger+, trigger-; or,  +
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-===== disconnecting voltage sensing relays ===== +
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-    by voltage sensing.  These usually have 3 lugs:  starting+ in, house+ out, starting-.  The starting- "ground" is only used to complete a small circuit so the relay can run itself.  So it's usually very thin.   +
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-If you disrupt (or "ground") the relay cannot turn on, cannot the batteries. +
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-So-o-o-o-o-o..... +
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-You can: +
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-Use a high voltage disconnect on the house side set to something very safe (13.5V?) that would disrupt the trigger (or ground) circuit. +
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-Example:  you start out the morning with house batteries at 12.5v or something.  Drive to McDonalds for coffee and free wifi.  +
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-On the way the alternator brings the house bank up to 13.5V.  The HVD disrupts the trigger (or ground) and the relay/isolator turns off.   +
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-Caveat:  I am currently doing this on my van at 13.8V even though I have FLA batteries.  I do this to keep solar from pushing 14.7v into the chassis while driving if the batteries happen to be in Absorption.   +
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 +If the device's own power source is disconnected it will turn off and 12v systems will be separate again.((again, latching relays excepted))  Using a [[electrical:12v:hvd|High Voltage Disconnect]] to kill power to the device will stop the alternator from charging the house battery at a given voltage setpoint.
  
 +Shutting down the device will require different approaches, depending on where it gets the power to operate itself.
 +===== solenoids and relays =====
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 +Purely Mechanical devices like solenoids and relays use 12v //trigger// or //exciter// voltage((usually from the accessory circuit)) to operate.  They will either have 4 lugs or 3 lugs;  in the latter case grounding is done through the base of the device.
  
 +Power to these devices is disrupted by interrupting power to the trigger+, which is one of the small lugs.((or the only small lug in the case of 3 lug relays))
  
  
 +===== voltage sensing relays =====
  
 +Voltage sensing relays (VSR) typically take power from the chassis battery and have a thin ground to complete the circuit.  
  
 +Power to VSRs is disrupted by cutting the ground wire. One way to reestablish the ground (thereby turning the device on) is HVD --> relay NO contacts --> ground wire in/out
  
 +===== solid state isolators =====
  
 +Some solid state isolators have a trigger or exciter input;  drive with HVD as with solenoids and relays.  
  
 +Three lug isolators without exciter input might not be usable with HVD.
electrical/12v/alternator_charging_hvd.txt · Last modified: 2022/07/31 00:33 by frater_secessus

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