| aux house batteries up front [message #167779] |
Fri, 27 April 2012 14:43  |
jayrabe
Messages: 509
Registered: June 2009
Location: Portland, OR
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Managed to get my Ragusa 3-batt tray installed and engine battery mounted. Very happy. Well-designed, fit with no wasted space. Now I need to figure out how to string the big wires to the back to tie in to my main house batteries.
Lots of questions:
* Is 1-ga sufficient?
* Planning on using welding cable. Any downside other than cost?
* Have a Xantrex battery monitor with shunt so I'll need to run both + & - all the way back. Thoughts?
* Heard that running it in "conduit" of PVC pipe is a good plan. Can't see an easy way to route it. Figure the most logical would be to run it along the frame rail, but the top won't work as that's where the body mounts, the bottom exposes it to road debris damage, the inside is complicated by the lateral frame pieces, and the outside is blocked by the bogies. What has been done that worked?
* Any other tips? I already have a battery selector switch in the rear.
Thanks much.
Jay Rabe
76 PB
Portland, OR
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