Use for Battery Disconnect?
Waiting here in Northern Indiana for the weather to improve before taking delivery on a new 5er. During my extensive shopping for a new unit, I noticed that all trailers had a battery disconnect swi...
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Duramax1 wrote:I don't think that is what he said at all, and what you are saying is not a true rule.Old-Biscuit wrote:
Yep..depends on who installed the disconnect.
My Emergency Break Away switch/slides/rear stabilizers/LP Detector are wired directly to batteries.
Only parasitic draw would be the LP Detector.
My disconnect isolates batteries from DC Dist. Panel and converter/charger.
I think that you are saying if the disconnect switch is wired to the battery ground terminal, nothing will work if the switch is turned off.
But, if the disconnect switch is wired to the battery positive terminal any device that is directly wired to the battery will continue to work even though the disconnect switch is turned off.
Am I correct?
what he is saying is that his battery switch isolates the converter and 12 volt distribution panel, but items such as his Emergency Break Away switch/slides/rear stabilizers/LP Detector are wired directly to batteries and are therefore always energized, even with the battery switch off.
