I've never seen such a mess

[Javi]

Originally Posted by GaryUT

I couldn't stand the mess in the battery compartment. Especially using the auto resetting breakers as terminal posts. I used breakers that allow turning off a circuit for troubleshooting. I also rewired the battery disconnect so that it completely disconnects the batteries. Before and after photos.

So, that's what the blue wire with the 7.5 amp fuse, tied to the red wire is... Solar.. Well I can leave that off..

[Javi]

Got a lot of cleanup, rerouting and replacing to do this long weekend.. enlisted a young, skinny co-worker to help.. but we're building a wall against the stairs in the basement to mount the new Progressive Industries EMS system and the new Progressive Dynamics 80 amp Lithium converter and removing the old Surge Guard that I never liked (finally).

After that comes the rerouting of power cables, mounting circuit breakers, fuses, cutoffs, busbars, and batteries..

[Life-in-Him]

Originally Posted by GaryUT

I couldn't stand the mess in the battery compartment. Especially using the auto resetting breakers as terminal posts. I used breakers that allow turning off a circuit for troubleshooting. I also rewired the battery disconnect so that it completely disconnects the batteries. Before and after photos.

Nice & crispy clean.
Seems like manufacturers could save a lot of time & material doing it right like you did.
Wire looms have been used in many industries for decades to increase productivity & prevent failures.
Oh well••••

[dutchmensport]

I'm just curious? Did something go wrong, or break, or fail that started you down the re-wiring path?

[Folkie]

Originally Posted by GaryUT

I couldn't stand the mess in the battery compartment. Especially using the auto resetting breakers as terminal posts. I used breakers that allow turning off a circuit for troubleshooting. I also rewired the battery disconnect so that it completely disconnects the batteries. Before and after photos.

Nice job! I wish I had the real estate to clean up my wiring. Unfortunately, the A-frame doesn't lend itself.

[GaryUT]

Originally Posted by dutchmensport

I'm just curious? Did something go wrong, or break, or fail that started you down the re-wiring path?

With me it was a combination of the manufacturer doing a crappy job. And the dealers tech making it worse when they installed the 6v batteries.

The first photo is how it was delivered, wires smashed between the batteries and the bulkhead, and a single strap "securing" the batteries.

The next photo is what I did after delivery, rerouted wires away from the batteries, and secured the batteries with metal angles and threaded rod. I left it that way for the first year while it was under warranty.

[Javi]

Originally Posted by dutchmensport

I'm just curious? Did something go wrong, or break, or fail that started you down the re-wiring path?

For me it was a decision to put Lithium batteries in the trailer.

I needed new batteries anyway, since both of mine are series 24 lead acid which weren't even connected in true parallel. They were only connected by a 6 gage wire running from a post of a 50 amp breaker and a 2 gage wire running from the other battery to the same breaker post.

I needed new batteries because on several trips running 7-10 hours in the Texas heat I'd have to plug the shore power in and charge the batteries a little before using the jacks.. I guess the residential fridge is pulling them down.

That got me to start looking at the other connections which kicked in my engineer OCD and away we went...

[Gkri]

Originally Posted by wiredgeorge

I recall an old 3 Stooges movie where the boys were plumbers and went to a mansion to fix a leak and just kept putting pipes in when the leak came out the last installed pipe. At the end of the show, there was a TV set with an ocean going ship being aired and of course, water from the boys plumbing insanity came out the screen. I bet Airsteams don't have these issues!

that is my favorite stooges episode. I think it was called a plumbing we will go!