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[GMCnet] Verification - Three cables from buzz box, only two connectors at Inteli-power [message #283460] Wed, 29 July 2015 13:17 Go to previous message
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Peer,

It has been years since I looked at an old buzz box but I don’t remember ever seeing one with a fused distribution panel inside. The ones I remember just had a battery + and - and a ground on the DC side and a standard AC plug for input. The purpose was to both supply 12vdc power to the house (the converter function) and to charge the batteries. Your photo appears to show some kind of a different box that does have a fused distribution panel inside and another fused distribution panel beside it. It could be some other type of converter/battery charger or simply one that I have never seen before. Take it out all together on both the AC and DC sides.

To install the Inteli-power unit I suggest you simply run a wire (sized for the amp output of that Inteli-power unit) directly to the + and - side of the battery. That will take care of the battery charging function. Then run an 8 gage wire from the battery + and another from the battery - to your house fused distribution panel (where ever it is located). That will take care of the converter function.

You will need to chase down where the wires come from and go to in the units in your photos. The yellow wire probably is a ground wire. The black wire looks like it could be coming from a battery + source (wrong color for that) and powering the fused distribution panel but it appears to be on the wrong side to do that. From the pic I can’t tell what the red wire is supposed to do. That said, don’t guess at the function of these wires or the box pictured or the fused distribution panel beside that box. Trace all those wires so you are sure of function before using them or plugging in the Inteli-power unit.

Jerry
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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:17:34 -0400
From: Peer Oliver Schmidt
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Verification - Three cables from buzz box, only
two connectors at Inteli-power
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I knew I should have posted a pic to explain what I meant :)

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/buzz-box-replacement/p58797-buzz-box.html

There is a black, a red and a yellow cable leaving the buzz box on the
12v afaict.

The yellow is probably ground.

The black is connected to BAT

The red is connected to a fuse box next to the buzz box.

My Inteli-Power has plus and minus only on the 12v side.

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