Rv Battery Disconnect Switch Installation

How to install a disconnect switch for 1 2 and 4 battery systems.

Rv battery disconnect switch installation.

In this clip i install a battery disconnect to my travel trailer. Whether your switch is the manually thrown style or an automatic push button they all do the same job. This prevents parasitic loads such as the stereo clock and other appliance circuitry. They break the connection between the battery and the 12 volt fuses providing power to lights appliances and so on.

In case your rv does not have one you can opt for an aftermarket rv battery disconnect switch installation. By steve savage mobility rv service got a battery disconnect switch on your rv and wonder how to use it. Spotting the switch in the rv is quite easy. Your battery will only last a.

In your newsletter 20 you talked about disconnect switches and said you would do an extended article on the subject in a few weeks. I also ensured that the solar controller connections were not added to the disconnect so t. When you turn the switch it will disconnect between these two cables and you won t have to get out a wrench every time you want that done. Typically the battery disconnect switch is designed to disconnect the house batteries similar to pulling the negative cable off the battery so nothing can drain it when the unit is not in use or in storage.

Usually to install the switch you run the negative battery cable that comes from the rv to one side of the switch and then a shorter one from the switch to the battery. In this segment of the rv diy project video series mark polk with rv education 101 demonstrates how to install a battery disconnect directly on the deep. Even though all switches are off the rv is still using power.