? Battery Cables - Color ?
So, I failed to take note of the colors of the battery cables when I removed the leaky battery. While installing the new battery a few minutes ago, something tickled the back of my mind on the col...
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MrWizard wrote:
Yeah it's a stupid hold over from the early travel trailer days
When any electric lights were 120v
No batteries not even for break away Brakes
So when the stated putting in batteries, they didn't switch to re and black for DC
The kept white and black, and made white the ground/negative and kept black as hot
So in the RV house, black is always hot
12v hot or 120v hot
I guess this is really good information for new RVers - those who never knew better, or just had a niggle in the back of their head!
I remember calling my electrical friend in a panic while out on my Big Adventure in the NW last year - out in the middle of nowhere, I needed to charge my battery with the Honda and the colors just threw me into an absolute tizzy! With not a lot of experience or knowledge, who knows what kind of damage one can do...
I will maintain, until the day I die, that widowhood ain't for sissies...
