Battery Combater/Combiner?

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Was watching a short bus conversion interview where the guy showed he has a little box connected to a house battery that charged it off the alternator. He said it’s name but I couldn’t understand him. Sounded like a battery combater.

I Googled and combiners came up and no combaters. Search results showed some little boxes that resembled his and gave the definition that this combiner allows 2 batteries to be combined.

This vandweller said that you could save a lot of money over solar (which could easily go over $1000) and pay around $60 for that device instead. He said that may be all you’d need if you drove a lot like him (which I plan to park a lot).

So is that what he probably said, combiner? Or could he have said something else?

Is this what you use @Van_Dweller ?

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Probably battery doctor isolator. I and probably a million other people use this one.

There are probably cheaper options. This one is nice as it has a button to allow you to jump your rig if needed if your starter battery is dead.

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I like that jumping feature. Would definitely choose one of those. How useful would this be for anyone who would park as often and for as long as they could?

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Greetings!

Yes, more than likely he said combiner…

That isn’t exactly what I have, but appears to hook up and function the same as mine, and looks much nicer than mine.

Cheers!

“Everything should be made as simple as possible." ~ Einstein


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Yeah, I know you talked about an isolator in another post. Seems like you’re saying that an isolator and a combiner are the same thing. Thanks!

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Greetings!

While I can’t be 100% sure, they sound like what they’re talking about do the same thing.

Cheers!

“Everything should be made as simple as possible." ~ Einstein


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Blue Sea Systems also make ACRs (Automatic Charging Relay)