Mark Bolton
Active Member
I am building a RV - 4 and going the "minimal" route.
The only electrics are going to be :
Generator - off a Kubota tractor .
Voltmeter.
Skytech Starter.
Fuel Pump.
Fuel quantity.
Radio.
I am familiar with the convention of using a master relay and circuit breakers to protect the wiring.
As I am roughing the layout in my mind it strikes me that there is more wiring battery side of the breakers than there would be if I left the breakers out and that the only thing down stream of the master relay is the starter solenoid.
It all seems a bit redundant.
How about using a toggle switch with a 30 amp breaker as the "Master" and putting a little ni - cad battery behind a diode to keep the radio working in the event that a fault occurred in the electrics ?
Am I making sense ?
Regards
Mark
http://rv-4builder.blogspot.com/
The only electrics are going to be :
Generator - off a Kubota tractor .
Voltmeter.
Skytech Starter.
Fuel Pump.
Fuel quantity.
Radio.
I am familiar with the convention of using a master relay and circuit breakers to protect the wiring.
As I am roughing the layout in my mind it strikes me that there is more wiring battery side of the breakers than there would be if I left the breakers out and that the only thing down stream of the master relay is the starter solenoid.
It all seems a bit redundant.
How about using a toggle switch with a 30 amp breaker as the "Master" and putting a little ni - cad battery behind a diode to keep the radio working in the event that a fault occurred in the electrics ?
Am I making sense ?
Regards
Mark
http://rv-4builder.blogspot.com/