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Solar charging of primary battery

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May 21, 2023
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Cape Town
I need some help with my battery setup. I have a Trialmaster with the Ineos factory dual battery system. I have a Victron MPPT connected to the secondary battery. My fridge is connected to run directly off the secondary battery. My roof outlets powering my camp lights still run off the primary battery. The guy who did the installation for me told me that once the secondary battery is fully charged via solar, it will also charge the primary battery via the solar input. I don't see any charge going into my primary battery even though the second battery is full. From what I can see on the Internet, the Smartpass completely disconnects the 2 batteries when the engine is off. So it seems unlikely that primary battery will get charged. When I connect my AC charger to the primary battery however, it does look like the Smartpass allows charging of the secondary battery. Is that correct? I don't have much time before my next trip, and is looking for a quick and simple solution to allow charging of my primary battery as well with solar while in the bush, as the camp lights draw a lot of power from my primary battery.
 
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