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Old 04-21-2013, 05:27 AM   #1
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battery hook up
I have a 2013 flagstaff 831 rlbss the battery cables are red with a strip of black tape on it the other is all black is the positive the one with the black tape also is it alright to connect 2 30amp extension cords together and how to you need water out between the plugs
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Old 04-21-2013, 05:45 AM   #2
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My (Pos-+) cable is Red. Didn't you have a Batt. hooked up when you left the Dealer? For a Temp cover on the (30A) plugs I use a 2 liter plastic bottle,slit to fit. Youroo!!
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Old 04-21-2013, 06:04 AM   #3
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I got the trailer in september and took the battery out for winter nows its time to put it back in
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Old 04-21-2013, 06:17 AM   #4
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If you have even the slightest doubt it is much safer to just swing by a dealer and let them take a quick look. Shouldn't take them but a minute and probably wouldn't charge you. DO NOT guess. You can do some pretty expensive damage if you guess wrong.
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Don't swing by with your trailer,without the Batt hooked up,(No Brakes)! Youroo!!
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Old 04-21-2013, 06:32 AM   #6
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Follow the cable
See if you can follow the battery cables. The cable that is bolted to the trailer frame would be your negative one. Did mine yesterday just to make sure.
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See if you can follow the battery cables. The cable that is bolted to the trailer frame would be your negative one. Did mine yesterday just to make sure.
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Old 04-21-2013, 09:21 AM   #8
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Stop by the dealer without the trailer and ask.
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I did the same thing with my coachman battery and emailed coachman. But the quickest solution would be to call the dealer
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If you have a multimeter you could put one lead on frame where there is some bare metal and then check the two cables with meter set to ohms the one that reads almost zero would be your ground cable ( negative)
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Don't swing by with your trailer,without the Batt hooked up,(No Brakes)! Youroo!!
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See if you can follow the battery cables. The cable that is bolted to the trailer frame would be your negative one. Did mine yesterday just to make sure.
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Old 04-21-2013, 01:02 PM   #13
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NEVER go by cable color.
as the others have said, the easiest way is to find which cable is bolted to the frame. that's the negative.
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