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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 2017 at 7:28am
You need more connections then that to get it to work..
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Maybe I was not clear enough yesterday.  The wires I intend to reconnect are the same ones I removed before winter.  Dual cables, taped together from  from the r-pod,  two reds, one black & white cable also from the r-pod.  Plus, separate red and black cables to connect the opposite battery.  I have a photo, but not sure how to insert it in this post, sorry.   Here is what I have:

Two 12v Batteries,

1'  Dual Red wires from the RV
2.  White+black together, from the RV
3.  One red to connect the two batteries
4.  One black to connect the two batt's.

Assuming I read correctly, I connect in this fashion:
  • Dual reds to Battery #1 positive post
  • Black-white to Battery #2  negative post
  • Single red connects positive to positive post on both batteries
  • Single black connects negative to negative post on both batteries.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 2017 at 9:01am
Originally posted by spentwings

Maybe I was not clear enough yesterday.  The wires I intend to reconnect are the same ones I removed before winter.  Dual cables, taped together from  from the r-pod,  two reds, one black & white cable also from the r-pod.  Plus, separate red and black cables to connect the opposite battery.  I have a photo, but not sure how to insert it in this post, sorry.   Here is what I have:

Two 12v Batteries,

1'  Dual Red wires from the RV
2.  White+black together, from the RV
3.  One red to connect the two batteries
4.  One black to connect the two batt's.

Assuming I read correctly, I connect in this fashion:
  • Dual reds to Battery #1 positive post
  • Black-white to Battery #2  negative post
  • Single red connects positive to positive post on both batteries
  • Single black connects negative to negative post on both batteries.





Well.. since your OP is blank.. yes, you were not clear enough... LOL.. (we don't know why, but every now and then a post comes through blank.. some of us use the opportunity for some levity until it gets cleared up)

It sounds as if you have a solid handle on it, as you describe.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 2017 at 9:05am
It sounds like your suggested method of re-connection is correct. Two 12V batteries should be connected in parallel. The only confusing thing about your post is the two red wires taped together and the black and white combo. Most PODs have only a single red and single white, but if they are tape together it sounds like the previous owner or the factory intended them to be connected together. The connection of reds to one battery and black+white to the other battery as you describe is the preferred way. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 2017 at 9:34am
If there are wires taped together, it might be the Zamp power wires. I have four wires on my 'Pod. Two are heavier, and are for the general R-Pod connections. Two do not have terminals and were not connected. This second pair connect to the Zamp power connector. Since I don't have solar panels, I have left them unconnected.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 May 2017 at 9:46am
Originally posted by StephenH

If there are wires taped together, it might be the Zamp power wires. I have four wires on my 'Pod. Two are heavier, and are for the general R-Pod connections. Two do not have terminals and were not connected. This second pair connect to the Zamp power connector. Since I don't have solar panels, I have left them unconnected.

Good put. If they are the solar connections that's the way they should be connected.
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