Question about 'House' battery connection...

[t3brian]

Hi Curt... how are you???
OK... well... I do not think that I even have an inverter....

Not anywhere that I find anyway....... the only items in the area in
the engine compartment near the batteries are the redi-line generator
for the AC to the curtins... and a charger.... then some relays and
an isolator that is connected to the gen. battery and the original
bank of start-house batteries..... so I guess what I need to do is
remove all of the wires from the starter and begin to isolate them to
see if that is where the existing 'house DC' connection is being
originated.......

Thank You..... I will keep looking tomorrow.....

If I can't find it right away..... do you think that it would be a
problem if a ran the 2 new sets of battery banks in parrallel for a
week long trip that we have planned at the end of this week????

I have 2- group 31 starting batts & 2- 4D deep cycle batts.




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Sprenger"
wrote:
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> I'm not there to do testing, etc., and we don't know who did what
mods. over
> the years...but my guess is the house 12V passes from the batteries
(starter)
> through the inverter.
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 5:26 PM, t3brian wrote:
>
> > Hello all..... I am undertaking converting the original battery
> > configuration in my 84' PT 40 and I have some questions.......
> >
> > Original:
> > 4- RV deep cycle 12V batteries mounted on a battery tray in the
engine
> > compartment, + lead connected to a power distribution 'stud' with
2
> > leads directly connected to the starter & 1 lead directly
connected to
> > the 'Jump Start post' at the rear of the compartment on a frame
rail
> > which then is connected to a couple of relays that are connected
to the
> > key switch and the selector that allows for the engine to be
started
> > from the 'rear' or 'front' ignition switch.
> >
> > New:
> > 2- 12V starting batteries in the engine compartment.
> > 2- 4D deepcycle batteries in a 'new' converted stowage area just
in
> > front of the 'rear' wheel axel.
> >
> > Issue: I want to seperate the 'Start' batteries & the new 'house'
> > batteries.... I have an isolator to accomplish this.... however I
am
> > having difficulty determining where the power source for the
> > current 'house 12V' is coming from...... it seems that when I
look at
> > the starter.. there is 5 heavy guage wires connected to it... 2 of
> > which come from the + battery connection post and 2 of which go
into
> > the compartment that houses the existing isolator, DC-AC redi line
> > generator along with 3 relays that appear to all be configured to
> > switch between combinations of power UP for the redi line, the
> > generator battary and some other features... but none of the
> > connections seem to be the connection to the existing 'house DC'
> > supply...
> >
> > In order to properly configure the new battery configuration I
have to
> > isolate the dc supply for the starter & the ignition switch and
> > seperate the existing 'house DC' so that I can supply each one
with
> > it's own battery bank.. and place the isolator between the 2 so
that
> > both battery banks are recievng a charge from the AC charger and
the
> > alternator......
> >
> > Does anybody hqave an idea as to where the existing 'house DC'
> > connection is coming from??? is it one of the cables attached to
the
> > starter??? or do I need to look elsewhere???
> >
> > Thank You
> > Brian
> > 'The Green Hornet'
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, CA
>