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From: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: do all ACRs work like this?
To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
Cc: vanagonlist a <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>

I've only taken a couple apart but the ones I looked at were just big
> double diodes. And diodes, being semiconductors, are never 100% on or off
> which means your batteries are never totally isolated.
>

These don't resemble the diode type in any way.  I think those have pretty
much vanished now that the electronics have gotten cheap.  That type
require voltage sensing for the voltage regulator at the battery because
each diode drops around 3/4 of a volt.

Yrs,
d