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Old 11-17-2014, 02:20 AM   #169
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Default Re: Is There An Electrician In The House?

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Originally Posted by darrylkmc View Post
What part of the Cutout regulates anything, it simply opens the circuit to the battery when the generator stops generating, thus preventing the battery from back-feeding to the generator.

Darryl in Fairbanks
You want to wait until the generator matches the voltage of the battery to turn on. You don't want the generator at 6 volts connected to the 12 volt battery. Just as you don't want to connect a 6 volt charger to a 12 volt battery.
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