Positioning of 2 coach batteries in motorhome
Hi all, Just purchased a Class C and had a second battery installed for the coach. When picking it up I noticed that the second battery is butted right up against the other battery (in other wor...
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Hi all,
Wanted to reply to this topic while we were on our trip but my tablet would not open this website ("secure connection could not be established"). Anyway...
Yep. This is exactly what happened. The batteries moved from their starting position which was to the left side of the battery box to the right side during the trip.
It looked like a cheesey set-up and proved to be one on the road.
I haven't dug into it since returning but I am guessing that I will have to replace the cables running between the batteries in order to have more length to accomodate moving them apart and providing their own mounts/straps/trays. Thats the way it always works for us, lol.
Wanted to reply to this topic while we were on our trip but my tablet would not open this website ("secure connection could not be established"). Anyway...
dodge guy wrote:
Just being held in place by one strap. They are not installed properly, they will move around. And yes they could run together. I would get some mounting trays and mount them seperatly with some space.
Yep. This is exactly what happened. The batteries moved from their starting position which was to the left side of the battery box to the right side during the trip.
It looked like a cheesey set-up and proved to be one on the road.
I haven't dug into it since returning but I am guessing that I will have to replace the cables running between the batteries in order to have more length to accomodate moving them apart and providing their own mounts/straps/trays. Thats the way it always works for us, lol.
