Is it a battery and what I think is for?
Howdy all, In preparing our motorhome for an impending trip, I went under the chassis on a creeper looking for potential troubles yesterday. That was when I noticed, for the first time, what appear...
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Depending on the coach manufacturer, the house batteries may be behind an access door along either side of the coach, or in the step well just inside. Our Sunseeker has two group 27 12V batteries in the step well.
The extra battery is a GM option, and as Newbiecampers stated:
"Without the engine running, when you turn the ignition key to the very first accessory position, this frame-mounted battery will be powering the accessories instead of the battery in the engine compartment used for starting. "
Thus, this battery may or may not be in motorhomes based on the 4500 GM chassis.
It is this conversation that I've learned of the possible existence of an auxiliary battery on the GM 4500 chassis.
The extra battery is a GM option, and as Newbiecampers stated:
"Without the engine running, when you turn the ignition key to the very first accessory position, this frame-mounted battery will be powering the accessories instead of the battery in the engine compartment used for starting. "
Thus, this battery may or may not be in motorhomes based on the 4500 GM chassis.
It is this conversation that I've learned of the possible existence of an auxiliary battery on the GM 4500 chassis.
