Adding Batteries Separate From House Battery?
Hey RVers, My family and I have a 1990 Coachmen Leprechaun, and we are planning to go fulltime later this year. In the meantime, I am attempting to work out some of the major systems and hopefully ge...
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No free lunch and no miracles - sorry.
The simplist way is to run a 1/0 gauge cable under the chassis, to positive in the rear. Then pin both chassis negatives - both ends to the frame also using 1/0 wire.
I've adopted the Skycraft DLO diesel locomotive cable as my favorite because of it's tough and thick insulation. Light years tougher than battery or welding cable and the Skycraft sourced DLO cable is much less expensive. I use 1/4" poly rope as a route measuring device first then measure the rope before I buy the cable.
This way all the house batteries are ganged evenly and there will be much less confusion. Google SKYCRAFT SURPLUS FLORIDA. Then select WIRE and then DLO WIRE.
The simplist way is to run a 1/0 gauge cable under the chassis, to positive in the rear. Then pin both chassis negatives - both ends to the frame also using 1/0 wire.
I've adopted the Skycraft DLO diesel locomotive cable as my favorite because of it's tough and thick insulation. Light years tougher than battery or welding cable and the Skycraft sourced DLO cable is much less expensive. I use 1/4" poly rope as a route measuring device first then measure the rope before I buy the cable.
This way all the house batteries are ganged evenly and there will be much less confusion. Google SKYCRAFT SURPLUS FLORIDA. Then select WIRE and then DLO WIRE.
