Help me understand my 6 volt batteries

JoyNoelle wrote:
Thanks for the help...I hear everyone that replacing the converter may be the way to go but my list of things to get done before my national park trip is already 26 items long. (just finished replacing all the vents and sealing the roof this weekend).

How hard is it to replace a converter. Is it simply finding it in the trailer, and moving the wires from the old converter to the new converter? Anything I should watch for?

That's pretty much the extent of converter replacement. Difficulties tend to be things like the wires needing to go to the "wrong" side of the new converter, trying to fit a three inch tall unit in a two and a half inch space, etc. Sometimes things can be a little more involved with some old converters that had odd switching arrangements for 12V circuits, but you probably don't have one that old. (If you do, you'll gain even more by replacing it.)

Often, but certainly not always, the converter is mounted in the same chassis as the electrical distribution panel. There's a good chance you could locate your current one by listening for its hum. There's also a good chance that it doesn't make much if any noise.

Do take care to connect things up with the proper polarity, and if you're installing a deck mount converter, don't neglect to connect a proper chassis ground bonding wire to a metal part of the trailer chassis. Those sorts of details should be covered in the documentation that comes with the converter.

I would suggest buying through bestconverter.com and asking them any questions you have. They're very knowledgable and willing to help their customers out. They also have pretty good prices. (I don't have any affiliation with them, save having been a satisfied customer.)