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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / August 20061995 Coleman Cedar Electrical Questions
Hi.....I have a 1995 Coleman Cedar pop-up which has a converter. It never had a battery up on the front and I would now like to get one for dry camping. Prior camping has all been in private cg's with shore power. There is a wire connector in place and I need to know where to get a wire which will go from that existing connector to my battery. Also, I have a propane tank and intend to mount the battery next to that.....are there existing bracket kits to hold down my battery box or do I need to make something up with metal strapping? Thanks in advance for your helpful advice. > I need to know where to > get a wire which will go from that existing connector to my battery. Any auto supply store will have the materials you need for the work. Your camper is "new" enough that it wouldn't surprise me to find a coiled-up length of wire stashed in a cabinet someplace that is for the battery setup. Regardless, it's not a tough job. > are there existing bracket kits to hold down my battery box Yes. Battery boxes typically come with a nylon strap with which you can secure the battery/box. That's all I've ever used with my batteries and have never hit a bump SO SEVERELY that the the nylon strap broke and the battery was ejected. Strapped to the REAR bumper would be a different matter altogether. It isn't NEARLY as bumpy on the TONGUE of a trailer.  Signature:) JR Yeah, I need to get a new strap for mine....it hasn't had one since we bought it. Must not bounce much...been many miles down the road and hasn't gone anywhere. I've got to get a new battery, so I'm debating whether it's worth getting someone to re-weld the angle-iron around where it sits on the tongue so I can put in a larger group 27 or 31 battery... Wesley > Yes. Battery boxes typically come with a nylon strap with which you can > secure the battery/box. That's all I've ever used with my batteries and have > never hit a bump SO SEVERELY that the the nylon strap broke and the battery > was ejected. Strapped to the REAR bumper would be a different matter > altogether. It isn't NEARLY as bumpy on the TONGUE of a trailer. > Yeah, I need to get a new strap for mine....it hasn't had one since we > bought it. Must not bounce much...been many miles down the road and hasn't > gone anywhere. I've got to get a new battery, so I'm debating whether it's > worth getting someone to re-weld the angle-iron around where it sits on the > tongue so I can put in a larger group 27 or 31 battery... I have been considering going back to two, 6VDC golf car batteries, now that I know where to get a proper battery box for them. In any case, increasing the capacity of your battery is ALWAYS a good thing, especially if you like to "dry" camp. When the Group 24 that CAME from the dealer finally died, I upped to a Group 27. If nothing else, the larger battery would give me one MORE night using the furnace. Signature:) JR Well...I did just that. Stopped on the way home and picked up a bigger box and a group 31 battery. I was debating going with 27 or 31, but the 31 was only another $20, 10 Amp Hours, and the guy said the group 31 tended to be a heftier battery and would probably hold up a little longer than the 27. Now I just have to take my camper in for my cousing to do some welding on the tongue so it will fit. Where did you find the golf cart battery boxes? Do you have the dimensions of them by chance? I'd like to leave myself open for that option down the road possibly...but would be nice not to have to have it welded and modified again... :-) Thanks, Wesley > I have been considering going back to two, 6VDC golf car batteries, now that I > know where to get a proper battery box for them. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > dealer finally died, I upped to a Group 27. If nothing else, the larger > battery would give me one MORE night using the furnace. > Where did you find the golf cart battery boxes? http://www.alliedbattery.com/boxes.htm http://www.quickcable.com/57.html Signature:) JR |
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