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Which battery runs the dashboard?

I assume the dash air, radio, passenger air headlights, docking lights?, run off of the start batt. set. Is this correct?
1999 U320
Mount Dora Fl

Re: Which battery runs the dashboard?

Reply #1 –
All electronics that only run in the "key on" position connect through the start battery. Also.....usually the cig lighter plug.
1994 U280, Build 4490
Deming, NM.

Re: Which battery runs the dashboard?

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Twig –
All electronics that only run in the "key on" position connect through the start battery. Also.....usually the cig lighter plug.
We have two 12VDC outlets in the dash. The upper one is on the house battery. The lower one is on the chassis (starter) battery.
J D Stevens
1997 U295 CAI 36' Build #5085
2002 Subaru Outback
Motorcade 16869
Bellville, TX

Re: Which battery runs the dashboard?

Reply #3 –
I don't remember how I determined it (I think from the wiring diagrams) but I have decided that my dash radio is connected to my house battery.
Elliott & Mary Bray
ex. 1996 36' U295 - Build 4879
ex. 2018 Coachmen Leprechaun 319MB
 

Re: Which battery runs the dashboard?

Reply #4 –
As Twig said, if the ignition key turns the radio off, it runs off of the starting batteries. If the ignition key has no effect, then it is connected to the house batteries.
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Locust Grove, OK
1993 U300 SSE 40' (Restored at FOT 2009) Build 4323
720 watts Solar
6V92TA DDEC Silver Engine
2014 Subaru Outback
 

Re: Which battery runs the dashboard?

Reply #5 –
On mine, the radio runs off the starting batteries but the ignition key does not turn it off.  If it is on the house batteries, the battery disconnect switch would turn it off.  The only thing that will interrupt the power to mine is removing a fuse or disconnecting the house battery.  This may or may not be the original configuration since the radio was replaced by the original owner to gain a color monitor for the back up camera.
Monti
2015 Born Free Triumph Royal 4x4
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