Recent content by rpgonzalez

I’ve been using a temperature relay. It’s amazing having a probe attached to this thing to see how fast it’s get blistering hot. So I have it set to turn the fans on at around 85-90. The disadvantage here is they the van can reach that temp on a hot day just sitting there, so I have to remember...

Winnebago used green from chassis to DC negative in the 12V fuse panel. That could be why you said this (perhaps something else?). I do understand the use of ground in AC circuits and Im not confusing this with a negative feed for a mobile DC system (which turns in to white for the battery...

No microwave or AC. I agree that the battery pulls quite a bit through that connection while charging since there is no b2b converter, but how many amps is that? How did a sheet metal screw pass that kind of current? Anyway, I’ve traced the wiring myself, but here is another schematic that...

lol. It’s not a lack of comprehension, it’s a lack of using terminology that makes sense to you. Since you haven’t enlightened me I will continue to used the wrong vocab. Thanks. AM I having problems with it? According to everyone on this thread, I WILL have problems. Should I wait it for it...

So what’s it called when the negative terminal of a battery is connected to the chassis and everything else is powered off the chassis? I guess I am confused the inverter conversation is getting in to the weeds. There is no inverter yet, as my initial question revolves around managing the...

The green cable goes to the 12V fuse box and the black cable goes to the battery. It’s the only battery connection (except the solar controller, so maybe the controller is grounded too?). After advice here, I’m definitely not leaving it alone lol

It handles about 5-15A max from the coach functions, but it’s also ground for charging the batteries from the alternator. Definitely sees a lot of action.

It’s definitely running the entire van. That being said it doesn’t have AC, microwave… On the other hand, that is the connection point for charging the battery straight from the alternator, so I’m sure that connection sees up to 60 or even 100amps. Yes it is horrible… that’s my original post.

Only one ground cable on the neg post. Pos from battery goes to fuse box. Fuse box is grounded to chassis in 4 different places (not sure exactly why.) Thats all correct. In my controversial opinion, the frame makes the best conductor. It offers less resistance that a 30 ft ground cable, and if...

The problem I’m having is that it would seem TO ME that to add an inverter I would want to upgrade my ground wire and MOVE it closer to both the battery and the inverter. Everything on the coach side goes through this ground cable and it SEEMS ludicrous to me that the entire return path goes...

Oops. I forgot to mention that the battery bank is for the camper section and not related to the truck functions (lights, starter etc). Although you might be on to something. The 12v fuse panel for lights/fridge/etc is sort of above the location of the ground termination which is under the van...

I have a Winnebago Solis camper van (promaster). The ground to chassis is 8 feet long and terminated away from the battery bank. There is all sorts of metal, chassis and frame between the lithium battery bank and the spot where the ground cable is connected to the frame. Nothing else is sharing...

I was borrowing my friends RV, which I acknowledged as having a 240v plug on the end. With RVs this is a standard NEMA 14-50. I installed a 6–50 in my house for EV charging. I think you might know where this is going… Anyway, so I wanted to plug the RV into shore power, and I thought it would be...