While I will go along with what that site says about diodes, the article on
charge controllers lost credibility with me very quickly. First of all
modern stock alternators are not set at 14.4V as he contends. My brother's
new gas guzzling SUV is set at 13.8V as is my wife's 2006 Honda. He also
contends that modern batteries do not require 3 stage regulators for the
most efficient charging. Virtually every deep cycle battery maker
recommends 3 stage charging.

Regardless diodes would not apply to my situation running separate systems
for house and start banks. The two systems are isolated except for the
ground and the 1/2/both switch which will only be used for emergency starts.

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Glenn Ashmore

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Bin the changeover switches and diodes and get a Smartbank. Then any
number of charging devices can run at the same time.

http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/controllers.html
http://www.smartgauge.co.uk/diodes2.html