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I'm replacing the OEM converter with a DLS-45 with IQ4 from IOTA Engineering. I pulled my power center out today to see what it was going to take to do the install. The new converter will fit just fine in the compartment. No issues there.
The new converter is sitting on top of the old one. 12v output wires to the battery on the old one are in the upper right of the picture. I'll have to cut those off the board. Not a big deal. However, the new converter has an A/C input as a black plug, not plain wires as can be seen in the upper left of the picture.
Do I cut off the plug and connect new black to old black and new white to old white? The old one doesn't have a ground wire and the new one has a port (to the left of the green fuses) for a ground. What do I do with the A/C input ground on the new converter's plug?
EDIT: I thought I had included the picture the first time around. Fixed it.
Last edited by HRTKD; Oct 16, 2017 at 08:55 AM.
Reason: Added photo
for easy. add a 3 prong outlet work box... like for a house... using old AC wiring ., then plug in New Converter.
or cut off plug.. and hard wire.
a must is the ground wire...
The easy option is one that I considered. There isn't an existing outlet within the power center, but there is one within the same cabinet. If the cord will reach that would be a fairly easy solution. I wasn't sure if that could be used or not. I guess, either way, the outlet should have 110 vac power whether it comes from shore power or the generator, right?
The ground wire needs to go to the frame I believe. There are a number of bare ground wires going into the power center that I think I could tap into.
use the old power wires from the old converter to power the new converter... ( 110 volt side )
install a new work box with new 3 pin outlets . or hard wire..
as it most likely has its own shore power fuses...
otherwise the new converter might be sharing with other devices and overload the fuse/wires.
as for ground.... connect to frame or ground buss.
I am NOT a licensed electrician , but I built my own garage and did the 240/120 myself and passed the inspection first time
The "hot" side is NOT the tallest slot, that is the neutral connection, generally white, it will be the silver colored screw on the outlet, the brass or gold colored screw is the shorter slot and it is normally the black or red wire. Also the red wire in your picture seems to be the +12 volt output NOT the shore power input with the white just below it being the -12 Volt output. The smaller gauge black and white in the upper left corner are the shore power connections.
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