2005 Jayco 5th wheel battery connection

[Cheddarhead]

My alzheimers is kicking my butt lately. I stored the camper last fall and pulled the battery out. Today I went out and had a brain fart as to what cable goes to which post. One cable is white and has a loop end with a red collar around the crimped end of the connecter. The other cables are a pair of black colored cables spliced into a green colored fused piece that connects to the battery. Common sense says that green would be ground and normally black cable is ground on a 12 volt system. I also assumed the cable with the red end would be positive. Well that's the way I hooked it and as soon as I touched the cable to the terminal I got sparks and blew the fuse. Anybody with a similar 2005 Jayco 5er with the same set up? Thanks in advance for helping out a brain dead weekend warrior...

[TakingThe5th]

bucky wrote:
White is neg on both my Jayco and my Coachmen. I try to take pics on my phone when I know I won't revisit something anytime soon after I take it apart. My memory isn't what it used to be.

I tried taking pictures but I don't know how to get the film out of the phone. :B

[ol_Bombero-JC]

Texas1949 wrote:


I too have terminal CRS..

The impoverished supported by CRS will appreciate your "illness"..:C

http://www.crs.org

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[Texas1949]

I took duct tape and marked my cables positive and negative... I too have terminal CRS..

[bucky]

White is neg on both my Jayco and my Coachmen. I try to take pics on my phone when I know I won't revisit something anytime soon after I take it apart. My memory isn't what it used to be.

[Cheddarhead]

LOON17 wrote:
I also have a jayco the white is negative

Thanks Tom!!!

[LOON17]

I also have a jayco the white is negative

[Cheddarhead]

kaydeejay wrote:
The other end of ONE of those cables will be bolted to the frame. That one is your negative.

Thanks, I just didn't feel like crawling all over trying to trace the cable since it goes into the wall inside the battery box and the the underbelly is sealed. I thought someone here would know and save me the trouble. I will probably use my multi-meter in the morning and check for the ground that way.

[kaydeejay]

The other end of ONE of those cables will be bolted to the frame. That one is your negative.