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Orion-TR Smart 12/12V-30A Isolated Charger in non-isolated design

I want to use a Orion-TR Smart 12/12V-30A Isolated Charger on a new install in a motorhome.

The chassis and house batteries both use the chassis frame as ground. I want to simply tie the two negative sides of the Isolated charger together and use a single cable to ground. I can't see the need for two separate cables to ground. Am I missing something?

Or is this just a bad idea and I should get a non-isolated charger?


Thanks!

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jdubbayew answered ·

@markgmack I have an isolated Orion Smart in my van for alternator charging, which I ended up installing a common chassis ground when I added monitoring capabilities of my starter battery using the Smartshunt and the Trickle Charge feature if the Multiplus. It works well.

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