Which would be the better way to connect my new Guest battery charger?
Later: This is a pretty fine point. Both will work but it's a question of whether both leads going to a fused connection is worth an occasional imbalance in charging. Here's a more practical and serious question:
I just got the charger installed and looked at the output cables. Wow, these were never intended to be cut apart and separated enough to accommodate either arrangement shown above. I'm skeptical of separating the black and red wires without cutting the insulation of one of them.
Just how bad would it be to connect the positive leads to the battery switch post as I did before? The switch and the ground buss are close enough to do this without having to do major surgery on the leads. The only problem would be a slight difference in voltage sense by the charger due to the drop in the battery cable. It's big and I'll only be using this charger occasionally since marinas are not a big part of my cruising.
Should I try stripping back the leads or just wire it the way my old charger was?
Later: This is a pretty fine point. Both will work but it's a question of whether both leads going to a fused connection is worth an occasional imbalance in charging. Here's a more practical and serious question:
I just got the charger installed and looked at the output cables. Wow, these were never intended to be cut apart and separated enough to accommodate either arrangement shown above. I'm skeptical of separating the black and red wires without cutting the insulation of one of them.
Just how bad would it be to connect the positive leads to the battery switch post as I did before? The switch and the ground buss are close enough to do this without having to do major surgery on the leads. The only problem would be a slight difference in voltage sense by the charger due to the drop in the battery cable. It's big and I'll only be using this charger occasionally since marinas are not a big part of my cruising.
Should I try stripping back the leads or just wire it the way my old charger was?
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