Attaching a fuse to a new set of batteries?
Due to various craziness in life, I let the batteries on my rig expire, so the only purpose they have is a core charge refund. This time around, I'm getting two 12 volt jars, using 36" 0 gauge cables...
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I presently am running 255AH battery bank protected by BLUE SEA 4-position high current marine grade DC switches and fuse assemblies.
This is my battery scheme layout for four 85AH batteries connected in parallel. I am only running three of these batteries at the present time...
Hopefully this season i get to replace my 2009 installed batteries and if I end up getting four 6VDC golf cart batteries due to their lower cost I will hook them up like this layout...
My battery cables between the on-line converter and the batteries will be protected from dead short to ground by a 130AMP ANL FUSE block assy from BLUE SEA. The direct battery connection line from the battery swicth to the 1500WATT POWER CONVERTER will be the same type BLUE SEAS Fuse assy but will be using a 175AMP ANL type fuse. This is physically mounted behind an outside cross tongue frame panel just inches away from the master four position Blue Sea battery switch. Parts numbers shown in the diagrams..
My success for long term battery life is to never ever let them drop below 12.0VDC in operation and get re-charged back up to at least their 90% charge state with in a 12-14 day charge cycle period doing the three hour charge cycle everyday. After that I do a full charge cycle which takes around 12-13 hours to get to a full charge state.
When camping I just monitor the battery DC VOLTS with a built-in DC VOLTMETR panel and when they get down to the 12.0VDC level I quit using them until I start the recharge cycle to get them back up to their 90% charge state. Just reading the Dc VOLTMETER is of course not absolute for determining the battery charge status but is close enough for me to react to. Everything is planned to make this 50% battery bank charge state event happen at 8AM each morning when I can run my 2KW Honda Generator at most of the camp sites we visit that has generator run time restrictions in place.
This is what we do when camping off the power grid haha... Obvisouly others do it differently. Some just use flashlights and candles and jump up and down their single battery makes it through the night. We do just about every we do at a regular electric site camping trip except running the air conditioner or high wattage microwave. Also when it is cold weather it gets a bit exciting when having to run the high wattage propane furnace blower fan all night long.
Roy Ken
This is my battery scheme layout for four 85AH batteries connected in parallel. I am only running three of these batteries at the present time...
Hopefully this season i get to replace my 2009 installed batteries and if I end up getting four 6VDC golf cart batteries due to their lower cost I will hook them up like this layout...
My battery cables between the on-line converter and the batteries will be protected from dead short to ground by a 130AMP ANL FUSE block assy from BLUE SEA. The direct battery connection line from the battery swicth to the 1500WATT POWER CONVERTER will be the same type BLUE SEAS Fuse assy but will be using a 175AMP ANL type fuse. This is physically mounted behind an outside cross tongue frame panel just inches away from the master four position Blue Sea battery switch. Parts numbers shown in the diagrams..
My success for long term battery life is to never ever let them drop below 12.0VDC in operation and get re-charged back up to at least their 90% charge state with in a 12-14 day charge cycle period doing the three hour charge cycle everyday. After that I do a full charge cycle which takes around 12-13 hours to get to a full charge state.
When camping I just monitor the battery DC VOLTS with a built-in DC VOLTMETR panel and when they get down to the 12.0VDC level I quit using them until I start the recharge cycle to get them back up to their 90% charge state. Just reading the Dc VOLTMETER is of course not absolute for determining the battery charge status but is close enough for me to react to. Everything is planned to make this 50% battery bank charge state event happen at 8AM each morning when I can run my 2KW Honda Generator at most of the camp sites we visit that has generator run time restrictions in place.
This is what we do when camping off the power grid haha... Obvisouly others do it differently. Some just use flashlights and candles and jump up and down their single battery makes it through the night. We do just about every we do at a regular electric site camping trip except running the air conditioner or high wattage microwave. Also when it is cold weather it gets a bit exciting when having to run the high wattage propane furnace blower fan all night long.
Roy Ken
