More power problems
I thought I had my power problems sorted out on my NL 10-2 but I just found out that's not the case. We haven't used it in a few weeks (4-5 if memory serves). When we got back, I unloaded the camper...
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bkenobi wrote:
A wiring question... the batteries are wired independently to the panel (I believe). There's a bunch of leads with some connected to each battery. I get a little nervous every time I remove the batteries that I'll mess up what goes on each terminal. It seems though that so long as I have + leads to the + terminal and - to the -, it shouldn't matter how it was originally wired. Correct? In other words, could I move all connections to the outboard battery and just the hookup leads to the inboard? Obviously it would have to physically fit, but + is + and - is -...what difference does it make?
The answer is it kind of does matter. With parallel batteries you want each power source (i.e. solar, converter, truck) and the load (output) to have a positive on one battery and a negative on the other. This balances the batteries in terms of total wire length in each circuit.
If you connect to just one battery then use jumpers over to the other, it will see less charging and discharging than the primary one you're connected to.
Just label all of the wires with a +1, -1, +2 and -2 so you keep the groupings the same if you go to a single battery and back to 2.
