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Old February 5th 12, 07:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bart[_4_]
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Default Multiple Battery Setup

On Feb 3, 8:10*am, JohnDeRosa wrote:
right off the chargers at the same time to minimize this. *Some
solutions suggest installing diodes in series to prevent this cross
charging but diodes "steal" 0.5v-0.8v of your voltage and every volt
counts in a glider.


Ideal diode, such as LTC4358, would eliminate the voltage drop at the
cost of higher complexity.

Bart