Autosleeper owners - leisure battery fitting
Posted: 26 Oct 2007, 21:24
Please bear with a electrical novice on his attempts to do something (I think) relatively simple.
Again - I have studied the Wiki - and load of prev threads....believe it or not - even all that info ain't comprehensive enough for me
My Trident didn't have the leisure batt fitted so all the aux electrical stuff goes through the Zig unit.
I have the orig wiring diagram which shows the set up without and with an aux battery.
Without aux - there is a relay fitted that appears to be used to charge the fridge ONLY when the ignition is ON (standard stuff then)
On the other side of the diagram - with the aux batt fitted is a ZIG DCU-3 (is this the SPLIT CHARGER??) with a 3 core cable connected to the RCCB (connected to the 240v) and the other 5 wires going to:
1.+ on the Aux
2.the Fridge Relay
3.- on the aux
4. earth
5. connector block 1 in the ZIG unit
My Questions?
Do I need to put another relay in for the Aux or can I link in with the fridge one as this appears to do the same as I need i.e. charging only when engine running?
Is the Zig DCU-3 the std Split charging bit - does anyone else have one fitted Autosleeper owner with two batts probably)
If I need an extra relay - It says on diagram "Relays are 12v DC SPST 70A contacts" - (and I checked - the existing one is a 70A unit - is this something special or std fare?
Again sorry for the long one - electrical stuff is something I have previously avoided although I did do this on an old Bay in the late 80s......with a bulk supply of green wire.......apologies to all subsequent owners).
Cheers for any help on this.
Again - I have studied the Wiki - and load of prev threads....believe it or not - even all that info ain't comprehensive enough for me
My Trident didn't have the leisure batt fitted so all the aux electrical stuff goes through the Zig unit.
I have the orig wiring diagram which shows the set up without and with an aux battery.
Without aux - there is a relay fitted that appears to be used to charge the fridge ONLY when the ignition is ON (standard stuff then)
On the other side of the diagram - with the aux batt fitted is a ZIG DCU-3 (is this the SPLIT CHARGER??) with a 3 core cable connected to the RCCB (connected to the 240v) and the other 5 wires going to:
1.+ on the Aux
2.the Fridge Relay
3.- on the aux
4. earth
5. connector block 1 in the ZIG unit
My Questions?
Do I need to put another relay in for the Aux or can I link in with the fridge one as this appears to do the same as I need i.e. charging only when engine running?
Is the Zig DCU-3 the std Split charging bit - does anyone else have one fitted Autosleeper owner with two batts probably)
If I need an extra relay - It says on diagram "Relays are 12v DC SPST 70A contacts" - (and I checked - the existing one is a 70A unit - is this something special or std fare?
Again sorry for the long one - electrical stuff is something I have previously avoided although I did do this on an old Bay in the late 80s......with a bulk supply of green wire.......apologies to all subsequent owners).
Cheers for any help on this.
