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Old 12-04-2019, 09:02 PM   #1
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House Battery Grounding Problem

12 volt house batteries have lost ground and can't track where the cable attaches to the chassis due to the cable bundles. Does anyone know where the cable is grounded to the chassis on a 2003 Newmar Essex 4371. I am now grounding with jumper cables from batteries to the chassis to keep my 12 volt system working. If I cant locate the current grounding end I will have to replace with a new one to the chassis. Any help would be welcome, thanks.
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I never found my house battery ground cable connection. Here is a conversation

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Old 12-05-2019, 03:20 AM   #3
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I added a 2/O ground cable to my system when I added solar, inverter, and 4 batteries.
Attached to the OEM negative terminal, but have no idea where that chassis attachment was. Drilled a new hole in the frame near the battery box and made the ground there.
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I added a 2/O ground cable to my system when I added solar, inverter, and 4 batteries.
Attached to the OEM negative terminal, but have no idea where that chassis attachment was. Drilled a new hole in the frame near the battery box and made the ground there.
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Happy days again. Installed a new 2/0 to the frame yesterday, cleaned all battery lugs, cable ends, reattached and turned on every 12v item I could get my hands on.... no drop and inverter humming like a sewing machine.

Problem Solved, Job Done... thanks for your suggestions and direction on this post.
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