Battery relocation project - BF10.4
At the risk of being accused of trolling (:)) I thought those of you with a BF 10.x might be interested. I bought my camper without batteries. The original compartment is nice and large with conven...
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The Happijac install literature says "connect to camper chassis ground". However it looks like originally they ran both a power and ground to the battery from the jacks, then thought better of it and connected power to the disconnect (and cut out the visible remaining power wire) and left the ground. I found remnants of the power wire here and there. The Happijac controller draws a small amount of idle current, so having it the far side of the disconnect makes sense.
This morning I temporarily powered up the Magnum inverter and discovered that it draws around 80 mA when everything is powered off. They suggest a disconnect so I guess that is why. Looks like I will be putting in another disconnect for it, but it needs to be around 200A capacity. I should be able to wire it so the same switch, so one switch will operate both.
I agree on the isolator - if there is a worry about some day needing to run on one battery, it would be better simply to put in a manual paralleling switch, leave it on most of the time, and turn it off only when you need to.
The Happijac install literature says "connect to camper chassis ground". However it looks like originally they ran both a power and ground to the battery from the jacks, then thought better of it and connected power to the disconnect (and cut out the visible remaining power wire) and left the ground. I found remnants of the power wire here and there. The Happijac controller draws a small amount of idle current, so having it the far side of the disconnect makes sense.
This morning I temporarily powered up the Magnum inverter and discovered that it draws around 80 mA when everything is powered off. They suggest a disconnect so I guess that is why. Looks like I will be putting in another disconnect for it, but it needs to be around 200A capacity. I should be able to wire it so the same switch, so one switch will operate both.
I agree on the isolator - if there is a worry about some day needing to run on one battery, it would be better simply to put in a manual paralleling switch, leave it on most of the time, and turn it off only when you need to.
