Understanding the generator wiring
Hey guys , so ive been doing some upgrades to the electrical system of my eagle cap 811 , im in the process of installing a victron multiplus inverter charger As i learn more about the camper wiri...
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pianotuna wrote:moonlitsouls wrote:mkirsch wrote:moonlitsouls wrote:
But i think i got it now , these wires simply power the starter motor to my generator , then the output goes through the transfer switch , all that made sense to me. It never occured to me the gen needed a power source to start up
You connected them back to the battery, right? You want a direct connection to the battery for these. No fuses. No bus bars.
Morning , I run these off my busbars, I moved everything to busbars.
You think i should move them back?
No.
If you decide to move them back, have a circuit breaker or catastrophic failure fuse near the battery.
The other possibility would be too small wire to the buss bars. I think that is probably unlikely
my main battery positive runs through a 100a fuse , all good. the gen start up wires are pulling power from the positive and neg bus
