Over time I have come across Solar Regs with only a single red wire from the load plug, often a 1230 unit or similar base line job......................... have always wondered and asked whats going on, nobody could tell me.........
Today I discovered the answer while rewiring a mates Supreme, his battery had had a melt down so we were doing the whole shebang properly, he had unidentified wires from fuse block as well as some hanging off the battery, proper dogs breakfast, so before replacing the 240v charger and battery, we needed to work out what each cable was and in the process with the panel all open, saw the power feed to the fuse block wasn't coming from the battery at all, it was white and headed into the van, the neg though was connected to the battery Neg post, I had a light bulb moment and went inside pulled out the 12v power switch and there it was, the white feed from fuse block, a continuity test showed it connected to the Load output of the solar reg drawing battery power for van via the battery terminals on the solar reg........... not my ideal solution but at least when folk loose all power I have an extra spot to look................... This was in a Supreme van but I'm sure I have seen it in a Jayco and a New Age before....
Most impressed that the wiring in this Supreme is far better than the minimum gauge often used in most vans, this stuff is certainly capable of carrying extra load...
Today I discovered the answer while rewiring a mates Supreme, his battery had had a melt down so we were doing the whole shebang properly, he had unidentified wires from fuse block as well as some hanging off the battery, proper dogs breakfast, so before replacing the 240v charger and battery, we needed to work out what each cable was and in the process with the panel all open, saw the power feed to the fuse block wasn't coming from the battery at all, it was white and headed into the van, the neg though was connected to the battery Neg post, I had a light bulb moment and went inside pulled out the 12v power switch and there it was, the white feed from fuse block, a continuity test showed it connected to the Load output of the solar reg drawing battery power for van via the battery terminals on the solar reg........... not my ideal solution but at least when folk loose all power I have an extra spot to look................... This was in a Supreme van but I'm sure I have seen it in a Jayco and a New Age before....
Most impressed that the wiring in this Supreme is far better than the minimum gauge often used in most vans, this stuff is certainly capable of carrying extra load...
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