If you disconnect your negative first than the wire can still ground on something (like the trailer chassis) while the positive is still connected. This can be avoided by disconnecting your positive first, that way if positive wire hits anything while the negative is still hooked up, nothing will happen. Than when reconnecting, connect your negative first as the positive does not have any power going to it yet, it does not matter if it hits anything.
Nope. Disconnect the negative first, so if you touch something disconnecting the positive, you don't have a complete circuit. The negative wire is always connected (grounded) to the frame. That's the way it works. Same reason to connect the negative wire last.
oh no, we double dipped!!! I have this same video coming out tomorrow! great minds think alike. Love the channel and I'm happy to be a Treemendous Traveler. Glad you guys are having a blast and helping spread the word on tiny trailers!
Oh man! I look forward to watching it! Hopefully we can meet-up in the future to feature in each others videos and more importantly meet like-minded people who love teardrops! I don't think we're too far from each other. I believe I'm south of you.
I watch your video and noticed that you need to put something in between the battery and the switch bolts so when you go down the road it doesn’t rub a hole in your battery that would not be good
That's a great idea! I never really thought about it, but I'll have to go back and make sure either the battery is fully secured or the bolts are covered to minimize a future problem. Thank you for letting me know!
Friendly tip....May wanna snip those screws where they came into the battery box. All the bouncing around that battery will likely wear a hole in it and best case senario you just leak acid, worse case a short followed by fire. Otherwise informative video
Hello. There has always been debate on which cable to connect to the switch. I've seen both sides on diagrams and RVs. Would you like to elaborate the benefits?
@@TreemendousTraveler The benefits in my opinion are that you have less positive terminals exposed 2 corrosion. Also if something should go wrong with the attachment point you will not have a positive terminal arking out to a ground suddenly such as the frame
Disagree. If its on the negative terminal, you can have a case ground which will give a potential at the component. If you put the disconnect on the Positive, you guarantee a deenergized circuit.
@@kevinkuehn6192 If you look at Grainger and McMaster-Carr battery cut-off switches, they are all designed for the NEGATIVE polarity. This tells me the disconnect should be installed on the negative terminal. You can't have a case ground with the negative disconnected.
Great video, thanks! Question: would you also install a switch on the negative side of the battery to completely isolate it? I have a bank of battleborn batteries & they recommend removing both sides of the connections in the winter to protect against inadvertent charging (from the solar or under hood generator) during freezing conditions.
Great question. For Bushwhacker's (BW's), instead of installing another cut-off switch for the negative side, you can just unplug the solar from the SAE port to bypass the possibility of the inadvertent charge. There's also no generator built-in to the BW.
The stereo, propane & CO detector, and fire detector inside the teardrop trailer drain power from the teardrop trailers battery. Not the tow vehicle's. Unless of course the teardrop trailer is hooked up to the tow vehicle or shore power.
That is always an option! Having a battery disconnect switch is not necessary however, it is very convenient since it's significantly faster and easier to cut-off power to your RV or boat.
If you disconnect your negative first than the wire can still ground on something (like the trailer chassis) while the positive is still connected.
This can be avoided by disconnecting your positive first, that way if positive wire hits anything while the negative is still hooked up, nothing will happen.
Than when reconnecting, connect your negative first as the positive does not have any power going to it yet, it does not matter if it hits anything.
Nope. Disconnect the negative first, so if you touch something disconnecting the positive, you don't have a complete circuit. The negative wire is always connected (grounded) to the frame. That's the way it works. Same reason to connect the negative wire last.
oh no, we double dipped!!! I have this same video coming out tomorrow! great minds think alike. Love the channel and I'm happy to be a Treemendous Traveler. Glad you guys are having a blast and helping spread the word on tiny trailers!
Oh man! I look forward to watching it!
Hopefully we can meet-up in the future to feature in each others videos and more importantly meet like-minded people who love teardrops! I don't think we're too far from each other. I believe I'm south of you.
@@TreemendousTraveler 100% I was just in NC, did the BRP twice this year! Happy to collab for sure!
That's awesome! and we'd love to collab!! We'll definitely have to set up a meet-up. Maybe even an East Coast Bushwhacker meet-up
@@TreemendousTraveler I know! Minnesota is quite a ways away, we should do an E Coast one for sure!
Awesome video! 👍🏼
Thanks for the video! I am installing one of these today.
Thank you for watching. Hopefully the video helps!
National Hot Rod Association requires that a disconnect switch be on positive side. It applies to rv’s also. Look it up if you don’t believe me!
I watch your video and noticed that you need to put something in between the battery and the switch bolts so when you go down the road it doesn’t rub a hole in your battery that would not be good
That's a great idea! I never really thought about it, but I'll have to go back and make sure either the battery is fully secured or the bolts are covered to minimize a future problem. Thank you for letting me know!
Friendly tip....May wanna snip those screws where they came into the battery box. All the bouncing around that battery will likely wear a hole in it and best case senario you just leak acid, worse case a short followed by fire. Otherwise informative video
Most definitely. I had shaved them down after the video. Great advice!
your video is very useful m from philippines
Very informative how to video. Does the disconnect switch have a cover to prevent accidental shut off?
Thank you!
The disconnect switch does not come with a cover for the knob. However, it does take a little force to turn the knob to on/off.
The battery disconnect switch should always be done on the negative terminal not the positive terminal
Hello. There has always been debate on which cable to connect to the switch. I've seen both sides on diagrams and RVs. Would you like to elaborate the benefits?
@@TreemendousTraveler The benefits in my opinion are that you have less positive terminals exposed 2 corrosion. Also if something should go wrong with the attachment point you will not have a positive terminal arking out to a ground suddenly such as the frame
@@TreemendousTraveler there is no debate, it goes on the negative for safety reasons.
Disagree. If its on the negative terminal, you can have a case ground which will give a potential at the component. If you put the disconnect on the Positive, you guarantee a deenergized circuit.
@@kevinkuehn6192 If you look at Grainger and McMaster-Carr battery cut-off switches, they are all designed for the NEGATIVE polarity. This tells me the disconnect should be installed on the negative terminal. You can't have a case ground with the negative disconnected.
Great video, thanks! Question: would you also install a switch on the negative side of the battery to completely isolate it? I have a bank of battleborn batteries & they recommend removing both sides of the connections in the winter to protect against inadvertent charging (from the solar or under hood generator) during freezing conditions.
Great question. For Bushwhacker's (BW's), instead of installing another cut-off switch for the negative side, you can just unplug the solar from the SAE port to bypass the possibility of the inadvertent charge. There's also no generator built-in to the BW.
What gauge wire do you use?
From the kill switch to the battery, I used a 4-gauge
You're supposed to disconnect the negative terminal.
if your stereo drains the battery when the cars off youve wired it up wrong lol
The stereo, propane & CO detector, and fire detector inside the teardrop trailer drain power from the teardrop trailers battery. Not the tow vehicle's. Unless of course the teardrop trailer is hooked up to the tow vehicle or shore power.
you could just Disconnect the battey..lol saves The cost of buying a switch
That is always an option! Having a battery disconnect switch is not necessary however, it is very convenient since it's significantly faster and easier to cut-off power to your RV or boat.