Battery Leads Arcing
While hooking up battery leads (2000 Northern Lite) after sitting in storage for a while, I noticed the leads arc when touched to the battery terminal. Started chasing it down and with everything tur...
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bodacious wrote:
I'm going with the capacitor charging/discharging theory...
For you who have a battery switch, is it on the positive or negative side of the battery?
In my TC I have a large inverter which is not connected to the camper's factory installed battery disconnect (the current draw is way too high). So, in order to prevent arcing & pitting when reconnecting the battery(s) after long term storage, I installed a pre-charge circuit which allows the inverters capacitors to charge before the battery disconnects are closed. The "circuit" is a simple momentary pushbutton (black button in photo below) and a 35 Ohm 50W resistor to limit current flow to the cap's.
BTW, my battery disconnect switches are on the positive side of the battery.
Cheers
-Mark
