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Making Sense of Automatic Charging Relays
Making Sense of the ACR
What is an ACR?
An ACR is nothing more than a fully automatic, voltage triggered, BOTH/PARALLEL switch that closes when charging voltage is present and opens when charge voltage is no longer present.
You read that correctly, in its simplest form, all an ACR really does is parallel batteries when charging is present and un-parallel batteries when there is no charging present. It does this automatically with no human forgetfulness.
In days of old a boat owner had to use the battery switch to route/direct charging to the […]
