Batteries

[philandterri]

We own a 2006 Fleetwood Bounder 32W, Ford chassis. Want to confirm the correct wiring of the house batteries. Wire from rear of MH connected to POS of rear battery, NEG of rear battery is connected to POS of front battery, NEG of front battery is connected to wire from front of MH. Is this the correct wiring???

[ppine]

Thanks RoyB.

[wa8yxm]

My only issue with the drawing above is the two Triple caps on the six volt batteries. 6 Volters only have one triple cap (The heavy black dash on top of the battery) you might wish to fix that .... Drawing is otherise 100%.

[RoyB]

Here are a few diagrams...

Two 6V batteries connected in series to make 12VDC...


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Two 12VDC batteries in parallel to get more AH's...

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Since the RV batteries don't have large and small terminals like automotive batteries do be sure to look for the PLUS and MINUS symbols or the words POS and NEG marked on the battery cases...

Hope this helps...

Roy Ken

[wildtoad]

It is if the batteries are 6 volt in which two batteries are connected in series to develop 12v.

[Matt_Colie]

philandterri wrote:
We own a 2006 Fleetwood Bounder 32W, Ford chassis. Want to confirm the correct wiring of the house batteries. Wire from rear of MH connected to POS of rear battery, NEG of rear battery is connected to POS of front battery, NEG of front battery is connected to wire from front of MH. Is this the correct wiring???

Phil,

I hope I am not understanding what you have....
In basic terms, positive should attach to positive most of the time. The exception to this is if there are two jars (batteries) that are in series to provide a higher service voltage. This is the case where your house bank is a pair of GC2s (6Veach) strapped together to make a 12V bank.

There is also an issue with having the parts of a series bank in different locations. The temperature of any jar in the banl may matter.

This does not sound like what you are describing.

I don't know if you can find wiring diagrams for a Fleetwood Bounder, but it is worth a try.

Come back if you can assemble another question. That is why some of us are here.

Matt