I recently purchased a '84 Cross Country and I am living in it full-time at family owned property. We are off-the-grid so just plugging in is not an option. I have a couple of questions and am hoping someone could help me out!
1) the cables to the RV battery are cut. So we need to wire them and than connect them. There are four cables. A really thick red one, a really thin green one, really thin black one and a medium thickness white one. What do these cables do and where would they connect on the battery?
2) I know that the generator won't operate with under 16 gallons of gas. Is there a way to override this? Since it won't be going anywhere.
This vintage RV was a steal and everything works once we get the 12-volt system going! Right now I am using a small portable propane heater, solar battery pack (both work great) and a ice-chest for food. I would love to be able to use the fridge!
Thanks in advance for your help!
-- Edited by ndmccain on Monday 30th of March 2015 12:06:22 PM
ndmccain said
01:00 PM Mar 30, 2015
Since I can't edit on mobile. The two thin wires are red and green.
The Bear II said
11:32 AM Apr 2, 2015
Here's my guesses based on years of RVing experience and maintenance.
On most RVs:
Black wire is positive for the 12v stuff
White is negative
The other two wires would be for any number of possibilities like battery meter, pump, some sort of switch...etc.
For the gas cutoff... I'm guessing there would be some sort of sensor that could be bypassed to kill the generator cutoff.
Hopefully someone familiar with your MH will respond and give you more than guesses.
Hello,
I recently purchased a '84 Cross Country and I am living in it full-time at family owned property. We are off-the-grid so just plugging in is not an option. I have a couple of questions and am hoping someone could help me out!
1) the cables to the RV battery are cut. So we need to wire them and than connect them. There are four cables. A really thick red one, a really thin green one, really thin black one and a medium thickness white one. What do these cables do and where would they connect on the battery?
2) I know that the generator won't operate with under 16 gallons of gas. Is there a way to override this? Since it won't be going anywhere.
This vintage RV was a steal and everything works once we get the 12-volt system going! Right now I am using a small portable propane heater, solar battery pack (both work great) and a ice-chest for food. I would love to be able to use the fridge!
Thanks in advance for your help!
-- Edited by ndmccain on Monday 30th of March 2015 12:06:22 PM
On most RVs:
Black wire is positive for the 12v stuff
White is negative
The other two wires would be for any number of possibilities like battery meter, pump, some sort of switch...etc.
For the gas cutoff... I'm guessing there would be some sort of sensor that could be bypassed to kill the generator cutoff.
Hopefully someone familiar with your MH will respond and give you more than guesses.