IBcarguyExplorerMay 22, 201612VIn trailer 12volt applications, white is positive and black negative right?
MrWizardModeratorMay 22, 2016talking about the lighting etc..?no.. thats backwardsblack is is PLUS aka hotwhite is neg aka groundsame thing at the trailer battery connectionsIBcarguyExplorerMay 22, 2016thanks, glad I asked. I'm wiring in a 12V receptacle (lighter type socket).RbertalottoExplorerMay 22, 2016You really should be testing this with a volt meter. My trailer had a number of connections backwards. The QC on these RVs is not very good.AlmotExplorer IIIMay 22, 2016Three things - meter, meter and meter.In my trailer they have white and purple in some areas. Not pink or reddish, but dark shade of purple.CalicajunExplorerMay 22, 2016Use a volt meter to be sure of the polarity. In my trailer Red is hot and Black is ground from the battery to half to the electrical, the other half is White and Black.2oldmanExplorer IIMay 22, 2016vote #3 for using a metertime2rollNomadMay 22, 2016Why a meter if the wire is color coded?Black to the fuse panel fuse, white to ground. Color will not change at the connector.Personally if pulling wire I use Red/Yellow from boating.https://www.defender.com/pdf/abyc-wire-color-chart.pdfRJsfishinExplorerMay 22, 2016Where automotive OEM uses B&W, white is always neg Where automotife OEM uses Red & blk, black is always negBobboExplorer IIMay 23, 2016Test with a meter because wire colors CAN change at connectors. Never trust the codes. Someone may have screwed up.beemerphile1ExplorerMay 23, 2016With RV 12vdc wiring, white is normally negative/ground and every other color is positive/hot. But you should always verify.
MrWizardModeratorMay 22, 2016talking about the lighting etc..?no.. thats backwardsblack is is PLUS aka hotwhite is neg aka groundsame thing at the trailer battery connections
IBcarguyExplorerMay 22, 2016thanks, glad I asked. I'm wiring in a 12V receptacle (lighter type socket).
RbertalottoExplorerMay 22, 2016You really should be testing this with a volt meter. My trailer had a number of connections backwards. The QC on these RVs is not very good.
AlmotExplorer IIIMay 22, 2016Three things - meter, meter and meter.In my trailer they have white and purple in some areas. Not pink or reddish, but dark shade of purple.
CalicajunExplorerMay 22, 2016Use a volt meter to be sure of the polarity. In my trailer Red is hot and Black is ground from the battery to half to the electrical, the other half is White and Black.
time2rollNomadMay 22, 2016Why a meter if the wire is color coded?Black to the fuse panel fuse, white to ground. Color will not change at the connector.Personally if pulling wire I use Red/Yellow from boating.https://www.defender.com/pdf/abyc-wire-color-chart.pdf
RJsfishinExplorerMay 22, 2016Where automotive OEM uses B&W, white is always neg Where automotife OEM uses Red & blk, black is always neg
BobboExplorer IIMay 23, 2016Test with a meter because wire colors CAN change at connectors. Never trust the codes. Someone may have screwed up.
beemerphile1ExplorerMay 23, 2016With RV 12vdc wiring, white is normally negative/ground and every other color is positive/hot. But you should always verify.
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