I’m installing a motor mover this weekend and was after some advice on the best way to connect to the battery.
I could drill an additional hole into the battery compartment (the control box will be located in the under seat locker and simply connect to the battery terminals but this seems a little messy. I’d prefer to connect to the battery leads once they are inside the van. I don’t want to cut the cable and use scotch block type connectors so was considering stripping some of the insulation from the battery leads and soldering the mover power leads to these finishing of with either heat shrink tubing or amalgamation tape depending on access.
As an electrician and good with DIY I installed my own mover several years ago and understand your predicament.
The new cables will be individually fused and I would feed the cables alongside the existing battery leads and connect separately to the terminals using crimps and the existing m6 bolts securing the main connections (in much the same way as your car battery will have auxiliary wiring attached to the car battery). It will be easier for fault finding should you have any battery drain issues in the future and easier to remove the mover if you wanted to sell separately when you upgrade the caravan.
I tend to side with Steve in connecting direct to the battery via fuse of course, thats how I dis mine. Not a huge fan of Scotch type connectors either unless its very low current and weatherproof. The battery connectors on my van are like these on Fleebay so I could get good connections.
Thanks for all the advice. I will run the cables into the battery box and connect direct to the battery terminals. I've bought a waterproof cable gland so I can drill another hole for the additional cables.
An isolator came supplied with the mover so that's covered.
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Topic: Fitting a motor mover
