Correct Coach Battery Wiring

[George Lowry]

Hi Stephen,

If you need assistance, a very good source is Chris Bryant at Bryant
RV in Deland, FL. I have met him and he is very knowledgeable. It
might be worth a short trip over to see him. Tell him I said hello.

George Lowry
'06 Alpine Apex - Formerly '95 WBDA 4203
Spearfish, SD - now enjoying Gila Bend, AZ


Stephen wrote:

> Hello all-
> I did verify-- My charger does work-- but only when I start my
> Gen... Not sure, when plugged up to 30A at the house, does not
> charge.. Maybe because not 50A? -- I think Im going to look into
> what Bruce was talking about with the Xantrex...
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> however- I need to make sure that my coach batterys are hooked up
> correctly in "series-parallel" as the manual says. Does anyone have
> a diagram or drawing of the correct hookup of these Four 6 Volt
> Batteries?
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> I understand the series hookup to make the 2 6 volts to 12 Volts,
> and the parallel to make the 2-12's double capacity...
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> Three wires are 3 GROUND connections to the bus frame,
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> 2 POSITIVE going to another part of the frame(a terminal block it
> looks like)
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> and 1 thick Positive running back to the Center/rear along the frame
> (maybe to the charger?)
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> and 1 smaller red one running to under the couch to the terminal
> under there.
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> Then there is a small silver-receptical looking box beside; mounted
> on the wall with 4 wires running out, all taped together, they are
> all cracked, and hard (got hot?) maybe that is (or was) the battery
> heater
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> I was thinking that maybe one of my charging/ battery problems was
> the way the previous owner had this rats nest of battteries
> connected up. Any help would be appriciated. Thank you.
>
> Stephen
> 81 FC-33SB
> Plant City,Fl
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