RV 3012 M

[Dorn Hetzel]

I was considering a split at the batteries to the starter and the 3012 and put everything else behind the 3012, if I can isolate the starter from everything else.

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:42 PM, joepat50 <"jgarner@dslextreme.com"> wrote:

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%40yahoogroups.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

>