6v Battery wiring in 2004 Fleetwood Southwind
I have two 6v batteries that I recently purchased and as I recall the old ones were wired in series. I did not take a photo of the wiring configuration (shame on me!) and when I went to install the ne...
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Can you trace the three wires to see what the other ends attach to?
Offhand, I would guess that one is the ground and connects to the chassis. One probably goes to the disconnect relay and the general house circuits, and possibly to some unswitched circuits. The final I would guess is also a hot lead, and may go directly to some high-current thing—possibly the generator for starting, possibly the inverter if you have one, possibly the converter (particularly if it's a deck-mount converter physically located near the battery), possibly the chassis system via the isolator....
At any rate, wires that go to the chassis connect to the negative of the batteries. (The two six volt batteries are, of course, connected in series to form a single 12V battery that is physically composed of two chunks). Wires that go to something else, with very few rare exceptions, are connected to the positive terminal (and generally should be fused near the battery).
Offhand, I would guess that one is the ground and connects to the chassis. One probably goes to the disconnect relay and the general house circuits, and possibly to some unswitched circuits. The final I would guess is also a hot lead, and may go directly to some high-current thing—possibly the generator for starting, possibly the inverter if you have one, possibly the converter (particularly if it's a deck-mount converter physically located near the battery), possibly the chassis system via the isolator....
At any rate, wires that go to the chassis connect to the negative of the batteries. (The two six volt batteries are, of course, connected in series to form a single 12V battery that is physically composed of two chunks). Wires that go to something else, with very few rare exceptions, are connected to the positive terminal (and generally should be fused near the battery).
