A battery isolator helps to ensure that the starting battery has sufficient power to start the engine and recharge the batteries if, for example, loads on the auxiliary battery (e.g., refrigerator or navigation lights) cause it to be drained, or if an auxiliary battery fails. Uses īattery isolators are commonly used on recreational vehicles, boats, utility vehicles, airplanes, and large trucks where one battery is dedicated to starting and running the engine and another battery or batteries run accessory loads (e.g., winches, radar, instruments, etc.). The disadvantage to an isolator is added cost and complexity, and if a diode-type isolator is used (which is very common) there is additional voltage drop in the circuit between the charging source and the batteries. This is beneficial because a weak or dead battery will drain the charge from a strong battery if both are connected directly together. The primary benefit of such an arrangement is the ability to simultaneously charge more than one battery from a single power source (e.g., an alternator) without connecting the battery terminals together in parallel. JSTOR ( June 2007) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī battery isolator is an electrical device that divides direct current (DC) into multiple branches and only allows current in one direction in each branch.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

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