Stay N Charge "isolator"

[Tahoe2349]

Jim Payne or anyone else familiar with installing a "isolator" to the Stay N Charge systems ?

Myself and four others have installed this system on our fish houses... Three guys want a "isolator" to elliminate

the unhook and battery discharge on the trucks !!

Where to buy, and where/how to install info greatly appreciated..

[JIM PAYNE]

Hey Tahoe any auto parts store has isolaters But it is much cheaper to just put a toggle switch on the batteries that are being charged. They can put them in line on the negative side of the wire or they can just put a small battery clamp on the negative side of the battery inside the house.

[JIM PAYNE]

Hey Tahoe maybe you can contact road king and see what he is doing

[Tahoe2349]

Jim:

It sounds like all that needs to be done is a curcuit break on the "negative" side with a toggle or isolator just prior to the house batteries ?? am I correct??

So if I ran "your" negative thru a "toggle" switch on my battery compartment wall, prior to battery connection I'd be set ??

[JIM PAYNE]

you are correct, you go Tahoe

[Tahoe2349]

What problems are there or issues if any after hook up of a switch of such ?

If the truck is running "MUST" the switch be ON Jim to avoid alternator damage, or does the position of the switch with truck running make no difference ?

Thanks in advance

[JIM PAYNE]

Tahoe if you use a on and of switch the switch will be off when the truck is not running and on when truck is running to charge the batteries in the ice house. The switch is just so the batteries in the house will not drain the battery in the truck when truck is not running. I hope this makes since

[Tahoe2349]

Thanks Jim,

I bought a simple switch box at Menards with a nice house switch. Spliced in to the negative side about a foot from the batteries and mounted on the wall inside my battery compartment.

Just wanted your feed back before I fired it up

I guess I can stop bugging you now lol

[JIM PAYNE]

Hey anybody wants has done what you have with my products makes my day and if i can help in any way i am a happy guy. the switch should work great

[Tahoe2349]

Well there has been a "rush" on your product with people around me the past week. My Boss actually got one as well.

He said he ran a 18" "pigtail" off his NEGATIVE POST and just will unplug it from your negative line ... I guess that was a simple fix as well.

I like things more conceilled and only one set of lines to my batteries as I have a terminal block everything is fed into..

[JIM PAYNE]

Hey man i would like to see these fish houses some time this winter. I love seeing my stuff work. Maybe i can get a chance this winter to stop by and see how it is done

[Tahoe2349]

Really had no idea how to check the switches operation after hook up !!

So I had it in the "off" position and had my son fire up the truck and my "voltage meter" did nothing... I flicked the switch on quick and it started to climb "instantly...

Hopefully I'm set now.. just self training to turn the swith OFF after truck shut down & ON when its charging !!

I've filled my annual quota for "electrical efforts" here so I hope I'm good to go..lol