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Racorman
Explorer
Jun 21, 2015

Adding More Batteries to My Class A - What gauge Wire?

Hi all, I've got a 30' Itasca Class A. It comes with (2) new 12 volt deep cycle batteries located under the doorway steps. I've build a new battery compartment which will hold (2) more batteries ...
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Ductape
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
In my case I placed a new positive bus and battery selector at the new battery location. Net effect is that old battery location has a short negative and long positive. Vice versa for the new battery location. So they are balanced.

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