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Re: Backup onboard charger not correct

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Originally Posted by RyanN View Post
Where in the rules or on Innovation First does it say that we cannot modify this circuit to work the way we need it to work? I found nothing so we took it as a chance and modified it a bit. Added a steering diode to prevent the back feed, and we are going to add a 1 AMP fuse to it as well.
The general feeling around here about <R56> is that the backup battery may only be charged by the circuit from IFI, and not from a custom circuit. I could have sworn there was a Q&A that backed up this interpretation, but I'm not seeing it under section 8.3.
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