tidying up the battery hook up
On my Creek Side 20fq there is two 8ga. negative wires and two 8ga. positive wires going to the battery. There is also a wire coming from the electric tongue jack. I assume one of the hot wires is f...
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Vintage465 wrote:
The charge line from the "7wire" ducks into the dark underworld of the belly sheeting and ties in somewhere unseen. It no doubt ties in somewhere downstream. But I won't have to worry about it for this project.
Yes, my ORV Timber Ridge has a "secret" compartment in the floor behind the tongue accessed via the underbelly. The tow vehicle's charge line goes in there and connects to the line to the battery. IIRC on mine it also goes through a circuit breaker and the battery disconnect switch. The wiring in that compartment is complicated.
But I didn't have two ground wires or the solar pos wire. Mine didn't come with the solar panels. I suspect one of the ground wires goes directly to your solar controller.
Are you familiar with the ORV subforum over at IRV2 forums? Several Creekside owners there might have more info.
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f282/
