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Old 07-02-2018, 02:55 PM   #1
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New Vibe Owner-Battery Disconnect Question

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I know disconnects have been discussed on here extensively, however, I REALLY wanna make sure I'm thinking this through with our new Vibe. Attached are pics of the bird nest of wires and connections from the dealer. I will also tidy this mess up The two batteries are correctly installed in parallel. I have a 1,200w inverter which they say is dedicated to the residential fridge. There is also a solar panel connection. I had neither of these options on my last trailer...so... Am I correct in thinking that I only need one single disconnect switch?

I am thinking one set of wires is for the inverter, one set for the rest of the trailer (converter) and one for the solar panel (as labeled). Leave the parallel connection as is. I think I should leave the solar panel connectors on the battery so as NOT to disconnect. Then the other two leads can be disconnected by one switch. I plan on mounting the switch on the trailer frame just beyond the batteries. I also don't think they labeled everything correctly. A bit confusing for me...hopefully I didn't send the confusion on down the line. LOL. Just want it right. Thanks for your help!!!
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Old 07-02-2018, 03:00 PM   #2
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My opinion is your thinking is right in line with what most people do.
For the solar as long as have a multi-stage controller then leaving it hooked to battery all the time is fine. This is the way mine is setup, the controller uses very little juice (mines a LCD screen).
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Old 07-02-2018, 03:08 PM   #3
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Thanks for the reply...I guess I should've also included that I will not be using the solar connection for quite some time...if at all. $$ Just thought it didn't really need to be yet another connection on the switch. This is the switch I'm looking to order.

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