Electrical System Basics

Guides, calculators, tables and other helpful information for building your auxiliary/dual battery system.

Getting Started

• Battery system component overview - introduction to equipment such as DC-DC chargers, inverters and solar chargers
• Identifying positive and negative wires and cables

Planning and Building your system

• Electrical connector overview and selection guide
• Why we don't recommend frame grounding
• How to perform a continuity check

Tools

• Battery system current and power calculator
• Wire and cable size calculator
• Wire and cable size table

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