Coach Battery Setup

MrWizard wrote:

HuckleCat wrote:
I have a single 12V battery as a coach battery.
It was set up like this when I bought it. It is a 1975 model class A.
What is this thing pictured?

I need to replace or modify it. When plugged into shore power everything works and the battery charges. However, I think there is something the matter with it. The positive wire at the left gets hot and evidently has done so in the past as it is charred a bit. The positive wire to the left is connected to the battery, the one to the right right goes into the inverter / charger. Would like to have 2 - 6V batteries but not sure what the fused device is.
??? What's this ???

the built in converter does NOT work ?

but this wiring gets HOT when your battery charger is running from shore power ?

assumng your charger leads are connected directly to the battery ?

then these fuses lead to something using power ?

PULL the fuses, find out what does not work with out the fuses

1975 ? does your fridge have 12vdc run setting ?

Built in converter / charger works - one wire on that assembly was getting hot when plugged to shore power - likely as you said from corrosion and such.

With those fuses out everything works except the charging of the batteries.

The charging lead runs into one side of that fuse block and then from the other side a lead goes to the battery.