Battery Disconnect positive or negative side?
My battery disconnect on the positive side only kills the light, fridge and furnace. Still have lots of parasitic drain, probably from 1 or both of the 2 other positive battery cables. Can I add a b...
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CA Traveler wrote:
Yes.
It may be wired as intended by the mfg. It's common for the salesman switch to not disconnect everything. And my manual disconnect switches also don't disconnect everything on either battery bank.
I did install a disconnect switch on the house battery negative terminal and will probably do the same on the chassis batteries.
It's a Class C MH so no 5er or TT issues.
The battery system has the BIM Battery Isolation Manager on a separate fuse and relay panel. This BIM monitors both house and engine batteries and charges both or either when needed (Bi-directional). So it's always powered. It's wired correctly. I either have to add a cutoff for that cable (also has generator, awning, levelers and more on it) or all the negative.
