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Old 09-09-2010, 04:07 PM   #73 (permalink)
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All I did with the 14 v hillbilly battery was connect it to the 12V battery leads. Done! The DC-DC is under 0 load until the battery drops to ~13.5. Then it slowly starts sharing the load with the battery so you can never drain it too far. With an anderson connector to avoid reverse polarity accidents, It's totally idiot proof and requires no modifications.
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