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allkidd
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Mar 23, 2016

Which wire to positive on battery

It has been over a year since we got the camper out and I don't remember which wires go to positive and negative. I've got one battery and one red wire and two white wires. I know color doesn't mean much but I thought that I would mention it. The red wire is thicker than the other two.

I vaguely thought I remembered the red to positive and the other two to negative. But, when I hook it up like this the lights are dim and do not charge when I plugged into 110. Everything works except the lights and furnace. My converter is only a couple years old. Since I wasn't very sure about the wire connections, I'm thinking it had to be that I don't have them on correctly.

I've tried followiing the wires but it is very difficult as they seem to disappear under the floor. Like a car, would the negative actually go the frame?

Is there a way to figure this out using a multimeter?

Thanks in advance for any help!

42 Replies

  • 1. turn everything off
    2. hook up battery
    3. turn on any fan
    4. IF it spins correctly
    ELSE
    reverse wires
    ENDIF

    DONE
  • RED goes to positive. On RV's Red and Black are positive. WHITE is negative on RV's. If you disconnect the battery, and plugged in and the lights are not bright, then either the Converter is bad or its fuse is blown which will happen if you made a mistake on the battery cable hook up. Doug

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