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Originally Posted by Tkemple
I just purchased a 92 Scamp 16 and am slowly getting it sorted out. I have already gotten some good info from existing threads and thank those who take the time to help out. I have many questions, but here are a few:
From previous threads I found the two 30 A fuses. One was corroded and the cause of no interior lights. Why not run a wire from the battery to the inside of the camper and have the fuse(s) out of the weather? Also, can I eliminate one? Why 2 fuses?
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I ended up having problems with the existing converter. Now the existing one was a 15 amp unit and the
battery just on the other end of the wiring in the camper. It did have a fuse in front hiden under the bunk. Then one of the battery. Now I am a ham radio operator and also run my lap top from the 12 volt system so the converter was failing and was under power anyway. So I did some shopping. I got a much heavier converter with multiple separately fused outputs and then use one for most of the existing camper wiring. And another for what I added. I did use a third for the
furnace. I selected the converter for the fact it had a seperate battery connection. When there is no AC then the battery powers the lines from the converter through the converter. When there is AC there is a seperate battery charger and maintainer that keeps the battery good. More expensive, but so far well worth it.
Now installing this did involve running a seperate line from the battery to the converter in the back. That is not hard if you know doing wiring. and which ham does not ;-) Make sure that you do plenty of protecting from chafing. I actually used 10 gage industrial drop cord wire.
Now there is a fuse in the battery box. The original one was one designed for inside a vehicle and protected from the elements. I use one that is sealed. Harder to check/change. But have no problems.