Ok to shore power with battery removed?
Just wondering, I yanked the coach battery out (completely out) to test it tomorrow. I'm wondering if it's OK to plug into shore power with the battery out? What got me thinking was that the leads...
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Just remember that if you hookup to shore power you will have 12VDC charging voltages on the battery wiring like you was thinking. It would be a good idea to put a sock or bag over the POSITIVE cable or wrap in black electrical tape so it won't come in contact with frame ground somehow...
Also good idea to identify where the wiring was connected. Some folks will paint a RED dot on the positive cables (I use fingernail polish). Others in the new technology world we live in will take a photo of the wiring using their camera on their cell phone... All of the trailers are prone to mixing the trailer wiring colors with the automotive wiring colors when it comes to battery wiring... In the trailer world BLACK is positive hot and in the automotive world BLACK is negative Frame Ground and this make the old mechanics turn over in their graves when they see BLACK and RED wiring colors on the same wiring terminal...
If you spark the cables just one sec re-hooking up backwards then you will be spending hours finding the blown REVERSE POLARITY fuses and getting them replaced. You will 99 percent of time blow the REVERSE POLARITY as soon as you replace for forgetting to hook the battery terminals up correctly before changing the fuses hehe (Wonder how I know that)
Definitely fun times...
Roy Ken
Also good idea to identify where the wiring was connected. Some folks will paint a RED dot on the positive cables (I use fingernail polish). Others in the new technology world we live in will take a photo of the wiring using their camera on their cell phone... All of the trailers are prone to mixing the trailer wiring colors with the automotive wiring colors when it comes to battery wiring... In the trailer world BLACK is positive hot and in the automotive world BLACK is negative Frame Ground and this make the old mechanics turn over in their graves when they see BLACK and RED wiring colors on the same wiring terminal...
If you spark the cables just one sec re-hooking up backwards then you will be spending hours finding the blown REVERSE POLARITY fuses and getting them replaced. You will 99 percent of time blow the REVERSE POLARITY as soon as you replace for forgetting to hook the battery terminals up correctly before changing the fuses hehe (Wonder how I know that)
Definitely fun times...
Roy Ken
