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PCronin68
Explorer
Apr 11, 2015

Class A house Batteries Re-Install

I recently purchased a 2014 Bounder 34b and put it in storage for the winter and had taken the batteries out. Today I went to re-install the house batteries and realized I don't have a neg to neg jump wire for the dual house batteries. All I have is a pos to pos jump wire. Two other wires are the main positive and main negative which were in the battery compartment. I guess the question is should I have a neg to neg jump wire and if so that would mean the dealership or manufacturer didn't install it correctly.
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  • donhoward49's avatar
    donhoward49
    Explorer
    Apr 12, 2015
    Google "The 12 volt side of life" All about taking care of batteries and Hookup drawings.
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Apr 11, 2015
    Make sure you mark the positive and negatives if they are not already. Draw a picture inside your battery box for future reference.
  • PCronin68's avatar
    PCronin68
    Explorer
    Apr 11, 2015
    enblethen wrote:
    Look at your batteries, Are they six volters? The you only need one jumper. It goes from positive of one battery to the negative of the other.


    And that's exactly what it looks like. The short jumper looks like it had jumped from pos of battery #1 to neg of battery #2. What about the other 2 "main" cables? One clearly looks like it goes to Neg of battery #1 which would make sense seeing as it is grounded. I then assume the other would go to Pos of battery #2
  • enblethen's avatar
    enblethen
    Nomad
    Apr 11, 2015
    Look at your batteries, Are they six volters? The you only need one jumper. It goes from positive of one battery to the negative of the other.

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