newbie's 5th battery wiring problem
We are close to taking our 5th for enhanced inspection here in PA. The battery compartment wires are a fire hazard waiting to happen. As you can see by the photo's I've attached. There's 4 black w...
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Not sure what the inspectors want.
The blacks are pos and the whites are neg to the battery posts. BUT that pair of red and black "from the jacks" is confusing. The red is pos but the black might also be a pos from say the breakaway switch instead of the neg for the jacks (which might be out of sight to the frame) BUT it could be the neg for the jacks. needs a voltmeter ID.
(BTW which is the break-away switch's pos?--one of those blacks? )
With a voltmeter, identify the black or red wires for slide, jacks, to the DC panel and converter, the break-away switch, and any solar controller or solar panel direct, and mark them with white tape tabs and write down what they are on the white tape tabs.
The blacks are pos and the whites are neg to the battery posts. BUT that pair of red and black "from the jacks" is confusing. The red is pos but the black might also be a pos from say the breakaway switch instead of the neg for the jacks (which might be out of sight to the frame) BUT it could be the neg for the jacks. needs a voltmeter ID.
(BTW which is the break-away switch's pos?--one of those blacks? )
With a voltmeter, identify the black or red wires for slide, jacks, to the DC panel and converter, the break-away switch, and any solar controller or solar panel direct, and mark them with white tape tabs and write down what they are on the white tape tabs.
