R-pod Owners Forum : 179 battery install https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : 179 battery install Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 21 May 2026 11:47:29 +0000 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:10:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=13750 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ 179 battery install : red to + and white to - should... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13750&PID=133452#133452 Author: offgrid
Subject: 13750
Posted: 09 Jul 2020 at 7:10pm

red to + and white to - should be correct. Are you sure the battery is overheating? Its normal for a fully charged battery to produce some hydrogen gas. The converters are set up to do that so that the battery electrolyte gets mixed. That's why you have to add distilled water occasionally.

If the battery really is overheating, what I'd suggest is to disconnect the battery, plug into the 110Vac circuit, and check the voltage and polarity on the disconnected wires at the battery end. Don't let either loose wire touch the frame of the trailer. The converter should be trying to charge the battery so you should see 13V-14Vdc there. In case there is something wrong with the converter itself and it is putting out too much voltage and causing the battery to overheat I'd suggest pulling all the other fuses in the distribution panel first as well. 
]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:10:59 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13750&PID=133452#133452 179 battery install : While installing the battery,... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13750&PID=133449#133449 Author: Nomad2
Subject: 13750
Posted: 09 Jul 2020 at 5:10pm

While installing the battery, I must have hooked up the 4 wires coming out of the front wiring harness incorrectly. Had 2 red wires (one large and one small) attached to positive terminal and 2 white wires (one large and one small) attached to the negative terminal.  While the Rpod was plugged into the garage’s 110 volt, the battery started to over heat and expel fumes. 

Appreciate any instructions regarding the correct wiring configuration and whether there might be other electrical. 

2016 179 Rpod

Tks. 
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