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  2. 18 volt daily driving diagram

    in XS Power Batteries / Chargers! (and other stuff too)

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    what do you do if for some strange reason your 16 volt battery bank (charging at 18 volts) goes flat therefore you will need a jump start but you dont know anyone else that runs 16 volt batteries, do you need a 12 volt starting battery at the front or is everything getting power straight from the voltage step down moduals?

    i am pretty intrested in going with 16 volt batteries because i already have 2 350 SMD alternators from mechman with a ajustable voltage regulator that will charge 16 volt batteries with no problems and because i have not bought any batteries yet i figure it may be worth looking into, only problem is i have never seen it done before so im not sure how safe it is to go to 16 volts.

    In your case it will be very simple and more cost effective to run one alternator for the 12V side and one alternator for the 16V side. No need for step down modules and a lot safer and easier.

    Most mid and high amps can't take 16V any way, so your 12V alt could handle all the vehicle power needs and the mids and highs with a 12V battery. Then you would have a dedicated alternator for your 16V battery bank.

    This was my plan but instead of 16v batteries charging to high 18's, I plan to do 14's charging to 16.2 :good:

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