Battery Hook-up
OK, I am almost embarrassed to ask this but I will. I just bought a new battery for my little trailer. Recently I was in contact with an owner of another trailer like mine and inquired about hook up...
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Since AUTOMOTIVE WORLD battery cable colors and RV WORLD battery cable colors are not the same I always look at the battery case and find the WORD "NEG" or the symbol '-' and hand trace this connected battery terminal to make sure it is the one that goes to FRAME GROUND.
Some folks make a big mistake when they buy a new battery of the same brand and just hook it up like the old one was hooked up. Alot of times the newer battery will have the battery terminals relocated to the other side of the case which will make you rotate the battery in this case. Always checking the POLARITY words on the BATTERY case catches this situation pretty easy...
If you have two 6VDC Batteries connected in series then you have to look at the outside battery terminal connections for the NEGATIVE battery terminal going to FRAME GROUND.
If you have two 12VDC BATTERIES connected in parallel you should connect them in this manner to get best performance from the two batteries... This insures both batteries sees the same length of connected cables when producing load current and being charged as well. You wouldn't think a couple of inches in the LOAD path makes any difference but it most definitely does.
Just my thoughts
Roy Ken
Some folks make a big mistake when they buy a new battery of the same brand and just hook it up like the old one was hooked up. Alot of times the newer battery will have the battery terminals relocated to the other side of the case which will make you rotate the battery in this case. Always checking the POLARITY words on the BATTERY case catches this situation pretty easy...
If you have two 6VDC Batteries connected in series then you have to look at the outside battery terminal connections for the NEGATIVE battery terminal going to FRAME GROUND.
If you have two 12VDC BATTERIES connected in parallel you should connect them in this manner to get best performance from the two batteries... This insures both batteries sees the same length of connected cables when producing load current and being charged as well. You wouldn't think a couple of inches in the LOAD path makes any difference but it most definitely does.
Just my thoughts
Roy Ken
