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Snowman9000
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Oct 17, 2014

Wire converter to which side of battery switch?

Simple question; hard to pin down in search mode. For a standalone deck mount converter, would you wire the + output to the battery side of the battery cutoff switch, or to the load/house side? Th...
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Snowman9000
Explorer
Oct 17, 2014
Begs the question: Is the reason for the switch:
A) to disconnect the house in order to not run down the batteries, or
B) to disconnect the batteries for safety or some other reason, while connected to shore power.

For me, the benefit comes from A. I haven't run into B yet.

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