I just called my resident vintage Ford genius and he said:
"Just about every tow truck has such a 'charging' system" to power their
jumper cables". He thought it would be a good idea to have the battery
switch to protect the pullers battery from accidental overcharge.
He also felt that your 140 amp generator was more than adequate to directly
charge the Airstream batteries with no need to look at the Univolt.
Bob
At 01:13 PM 5/7/01 -0500, you wrote:
>My '98 F-150 small V-8 has a 140 amp alternator nestled down in the V.
>
>The Leece-Neville company makes alternators of at least 250 amp ratings
>for emergency vehicles, designed to handle 100 amps of lights and stuff
>in things like ambulances and fire trucks.
>
>The classic Univolt will insult and damage any good batteries from lack
>of charge regulation.
>
>Gerald J.
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