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jstickley
Explorer
Apr 10, 2015

Magnetek 6300 direct dc wiring

How do i directly wire a battery to the DC side of a Magnetek 6300 power converter? I have no where where i can use the AC side, but want to use the DC side, in conjuction with the solar panels I have. Right now I am using an inverter off the battery, for lighting, etc.. But would really like the trailers already installed lights to work, among other things in the trailer.

I cannot find any information on this on the web, and the one "manual" is about worthless in explaining this.

Thanks in advance!
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    jstickley
    Explorer
    Apr 10, 2015


    there is the picture.. the breakers that are in there are ones i bought the other day to make sure that was the right style of breaker. they are not hooked up, and when i got the trailer, it had no breakers in it. dc side had all fuses, pulled them to test for which lug was hot.
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    ScottG
    Nomad
    Apr 10, 2015
    Yes, only those two.
    I don't remember which is which...
    If you have an ohm meter then the one that has continuity to all the fuse holders is the positive. So pull the fuses out and see which block is connected to one side of the fuse holders. Dont check with the fuses in or it may give you a false reading.
    You could also look at the battery and see what color wire is connected to the pos and neg terminals and then look for that wire at the 2 blocks on the converter fuse block.
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    ScottG
    Nomad
    Apr 10, 2015
    Just connect the solar output to the 2 big square silver battery connections. There are probably 6 awg wires connected from the battery on them now.
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    ScottG
    Nomad
    Apr 10, 2015
    jstickley wrote:
    Ok... Maybe I should post a picture.. The AC side has no breakers. I am hoping to just be able to power the DC side, and not mess with the AC side.. Make any sense?


    So again, are you trying to power the fuse block?

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