RV 3012 M

[joepat50]

Hi Dorn,

I picked up one of the 3012's and got the RC7 too. Like you was
curious about the wiring so gave Xantrex a call, they said you can
leave the wiring the way it is, but you loose the ability to measure
the current flow from the batteries. Not a big deal as we have the
shunts on the + side of the batteries.


HTH, Joe

'87 PT40
San Francisco



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dorn Hetzel"
wrote:
>
> In my 77FC35 the batteries are at the far left front corner, no
space for
> the inverter in their compartment anyway.
>
> The current battery charger (not an inverter) is about midway back
on the
> left side, same compartment as sewage host storage, probably ten
feet from
> the batteries, doesn't really seem like an optimum location for the
> Xantrex.
>
> Would I be crazy to put it inside the coach? There's a storage
compartment
> right behind the drivers seat that's probably big enough, and within
2 feet
> of the batteries.
>
> Another question. The Xantrex hookup diagrams seem to show the
batteries
> directly connected to the 3012, and all coach loads hung behind it.
Since I
> have combined coach and starting batteries in my 77, I don't think I
should
> be running starting current through the 3012?
>
> I was considering pulling the generator, which we never ever use, and
> filling that compartment with "house" batteries and a more
weatherproof box
> for the inverter... Too whacky?
>
> Dorn Hetzel
> 77FC35
> Hogansville, GA
>