The Electrical Plan

… Such as it is, as of Dec. 14, 2018.

Since the camper has been gutted, what electrical (lights, fan, furnace blower) wiring was damaged, missing or suspect, I decided that it was all to be replaced. That included:

  • replacing the power converter (shore power to 12VDC) with an upgraded, higher amperage unit.
  • Replacing all branch wiring to lighting etc.
  • Adding a volt/ammeter in series with the battery to allow monitoring its state.
  • Maybe adding an inverter to allow some minor amount ot 120VAC capacity being sourced from the batter(ies)
  • Adding new batteries, as the camper came to us with none.
  • Add new primary battery wiring (battery to converter).
  • Adding proper fusing

At this point, the following is known or decided:

  • Converter will be a Progressive Dynamics model PD4575 power center, with built in fusing.
  • Primary wiring (running from battery box to power center) will be #4 AWG
  • volt/Ammeter will be of the shunt type, with a 100A shunt.
  • Batteries will be two 6V golf cart type deep cycle wired in series.
  • Branch wiring will be #14 AWG stranded

 

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