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Brian Shea
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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:37 pm Post subject: coach battery |
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Hi
I'm a new 99" Euro van full camper owner. I need to replace my coach battery It did not have one when I bought the van. My question is is it hook up just like a regular battery, red to pos. black to neg?
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IdeaNerd
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: coach battery |
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| Ours are 2001-2003 Weekenders, so not exactly the same, but the coach battery in those hooks up just like the main battery. I would think your EVC's would as well. |
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tds3pete
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: coach battery |
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Not knowing what any previous owner has done, I would just test both connection lugs before connecting to a battery.
The negative connection should have continuity with ground (the body) always. The positive lug should be hot with 12 volts when the ignition is turned on, since the battery isolator connects your starting battery and house battery together with the ignition on.
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DenverB
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: coach battery |
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NO.
BLACK IS NOT NEGATIVE ON THE COACH BATTERY.
ground is green in the early eurovans.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: coach battery |
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This is not a beginning level project.
If you miswire a lamp ypu blow a fuse.
If you miswire a battery you burn up your EVC.
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DenverB
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:51 am Post subject: Re: coach battery |
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further: electrical wire = black is positive, green is ground in the early Eurovan campers (they switched to yellow and white in later years)
when you put in that new battery clearly LABEL the green wire with "GROUND" and save yourself any future headaches.
you can get a group 31 size deep cycle battery for that space. I think stock was a 29 or maybe even a 27,
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'67 bug (Santos - VW Blue)
'84 Vanagon Westfalia (Pink Flamingo - Pastel White/Pink)
'88 Vanagon GL Westfalia (Frankie Says - Wolfram Gray)
'02 Eurovan Weekender (Green Apple)
'95-'03 Eurovan full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'84 -'91 Vanagon full campers and weekenders (rental fleet)
'72 Porsche 914 (Greta - RIP)
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Brian Shea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:56 am Post subject: Re: coach battery |
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Thanks everyone for the information. Good to know there is support for us newbies
Brian |
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ruairidh
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| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:01 am Post subject: Re: coach battery |
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| DenverB wrote: |
further: electrical wire = black is positive, green is ground in the early Eurovan campers (they switched to yellow and white in later years)
when you put in that new battery clearly LABEL the green wire with "GROUND" and save yourself any future headaches.
you can get a group 31 size deep cycle battery for that space. I think stock was a 29 or maybe even a 27, |
Pulling up a three year old thread to say thank you. I too just bought a 99 EVC and need to swap out the coach battery since it is not holding a charge. Except I have a solar panel hooked up to mine. I'm currently looking for some reverse engineering instructions...
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