Electrical question…
#11
Posted 07 February 2023 - 09:56 PM
#12
Posted 07 February 2023 - 10:06 PM
#14
Posted 07 February 2023 - 10:11 PM
#15
Posted 08 February 2023 - 12:45 AM
EG, I’d like to take credit for the YouTube build, but alas… I must be honest, t’was not me.
I’m having a hard time figuring out what you have, but it looks like quite a job. With respect to pictures, to get the best display, I recommend you upload to a personal gallery here on WTW, or use a hosting site like Flickr, then select the address of the photo, and use the picture icon in the full editor menu bar. Your profile has a link to where you can create your gallery, then upload to it. The address is where the picture is stored, and can usually be found by clicking on the photo, then right clicking on the larger image, and selecting something like “copy image location/address”. That can be pasted into the picture icon dialog box. The results look like this…
There are pinned threads in the member support forum that help with this. If you have trouble, send me a message, and we can work through it. BTW, any cell phone isn’t the easiest way to post.
It looks to me like you may have flooded batteries versus AGM batteries, which I’m sure you know can out gas hydrogen that could lead to an explosion if confined in a small area. Probably wouldn’t happen in a shell, but you never know.
You might start by drawing a wiring schematic of what you want your system to look like electrically, and determine where you want your components to reside.
The cable coming from behind the lift board is for marker lights and apparentl the fan, and possibly to a solar plug (or solar wiring that is terminated near a fan or vent).
The photo of the batteries appears to have a small charging unit that may be connected to the plug that is near the truck connector in your last picture.
I’m going to stop typing, and spend a bit more time looking at your pictures. Hang in there…
I am haunted by waters
#16
Posted 08 February 2023 - 03:21 AM
Again. This system will ultimately be replaced with a lithium set up. But I was hoping to “get by” for 6 months or so of trips till I can really get an idea of what we want to run in there and what layout we want for the camper I’m general.
By get by I just meant not kill my starter battery on my first trip out using the fan and overhead lights lol. It worked fine the last few trips without being hooked up at all. Just one light a couple 12v outlets and the heater and stove
#17
Posted 08 February 2023 - 02:59 PM
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By get by I just meant not kill my starter battery on my first trip out using the fan and overhead lights lol. It worked fine the last few trips without being hooked up at all. Just one light a couple 12v outlets and the heater and stove
You could look for the fan and interior overhead light circuit, and move them to the internal 12 VDC bus.
I am haunted by waters
#18
Posted 08 February 2023 - 06:55 PM
You could look for the fan and interior overhead light circuit, and move them to the internal 12 VDC bus.
I think that is what his original post was wanting to know how to do. What you said above about the cable looms going behind the lift panel is likely correct - those wires are for the overhead lights, fan and also for roof mounted solar panels.
I also believe that if the camper shell had no factory installed battery, that the fuse for those circuits was in the truck's trailer harness, not in the camper. Please correct me if I am mistaken. If I'm right, it isn't as simple as pulling a fuse to determine where the power is coming from.
The pictures are kinda fuzzy. Will look again later.
2012 ATC Puma Shell build - https://www.wanderth...012-puma-build/
Power considerations thread - https://www.wanderth...e-power-scotty/
Building out an electrical system - So, you want to setup a good electrical system in your camper? - Electrical, Charging, Solar, Batteries and Generators - Wander the West
#19
Posted 08 February 2023 - 10:10 PM
2012 ATC Puma Shell build - https://www.wanderth...012-puma-build/
Power considerations thread - https://www.wanderth...e-power-scotty/
Building out an electrical system - So, you want to setup a good electrical system in your camper? - Electrical, Charging, Solar, Batteries and Generators - Wander the West
#20
Posted 09 February 2023 - 01:34 AM
The second to last picture is directly through the wall from the last picture. So the wires you see come in are from the solar to the battery and from the shore power to to inside outlet. It wasn’t clear to me if they did anything else.
Top right in that second to last picture is a fuse. Top left is a power inverter. Below that left is the Solar charger. Below that the grey box is the back side of an outlet. It seems to be where the shore power wires go. A plug on the opposite side not pictured runs back into the battery cabinet through another hole to power the solar charger.
The third to last picture is of the fro t left going up to the fans and lights. No solar plug up there on this model. (That sux) from here they run behind the carpet and back toward the main area of the camper I’d guess but I will be taking things apart to find out where they go.
The first picture bottom left is the large grey main cable that comes into the camper for the exterior here the is immediately run behind the wall of the camper again never to be seen again. You get a 1” view of it lol.
The red and white wires at the top run from the battery’s and were put in but the first owner. That 12v plug works and runs the fridge. The orange and black ones blow run to another 12v plug with an on off switch that only seems to work when plugged into the truck. That’s factory though its location was moved.
Picture two is directly outside the cabinet front left of camper where those plugs are pictured. The top is always on and running from the battery the bottom has a switch and only works when the camper is connected to the truck.
Picture 3 is the fuse box in the center left of the camper at the stove and water pump and heater. They all seem to work fine… though I have the water pump off because there is no water tank hooked up. (I may do this later too)
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