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BFL13
Aug 13, 2018Explorer II
LipschitzWrath wrote:BFL13 wrote:
Besides the other wiring routes, you might have extra long pos wire converter-battery for a "battery disconnect switch" located way inside the rig, requiring extra miles of wire. Not sure if that "return" wire is from that or what. Something to watch out for.
Where might this battery disconnect be hiding? I feel like I have looked in almost every nook and cranny of this camper and never seen one. Would it be unheard of for my camper to NOT have one?
My new battery lug crimping tool arrives tonight so I will be redoing all the battery cables tonight.
No, not unheard of. Komforts had them in the kitchen on the wall by the microwave. Was a push -pull knob thing. Some RVs have them by the door. Some have a red switch , some rockers. If you can't find one probably isn't one.
If you can, IMO by- pass the wall junctions for your two short wires converter-battery. the pos and neg don't have to be the same length since it is a circuit. (You will now have one going farther to the second battery)
The zoo from battery to DC panel doesn't matter so much, but always nice to have it simple and know what each wire is for.
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