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Hello everybody ! I'm new to the forum thanks for accepting me!
I bought this 2014 Ford E-350 Cutaway shuttle bus, my intention is to turn it into a mobile home, the vehicle was bought at auction, it was used as public transportation in Pennsylvania, it had a security camera system of which only the cables remain, it has two batteries and many other accessories that are not used.
I would like to know, can an inverter be installed? I would like the additional batteries that I am going to install to charge with the alternator, could I install it in the second battery? or do I need to install it on the main battery? Would you need to use an isolator? Or having two batteries already has it installed from the factory? By having two batteries would it be 12 or 24 volts? Does anyone know of an electrical diagram?
Can someone please help me ? It's my first Ford vehicle and I don't know anything about them
2014 Ford E350 cutaway A/c unit Lot of cables ! Can I eliminate them? What is this ? What’s the function? CCTV cables can o take it out ? What is this ? Can I eliminate it ? Not use Not doing nothing when I press it Main battery What’s for ? Can I start my inverter installation from here ? Do I need to use an isolator ?
The reason to use an isolator is if you want one alternator to charge two different battery systems. Since that is your desire, yes you need to use a isolator.
The isolator will be up in the neighborhood of the alternator if you can find a place for it. What it does is split the alternator charge wire up. The alternator "sees" both the starting battery and the camper battery, and charges both. But the isolator "isolates" the camper battery from the starting battery. The starting battery doesn't "see" the camper battery or camper loads, so it will always have enough juice to start the engine, even if the camper battery runs out of steam.
Here's a diagram. You can see how the original charge wire from the alternator to the battery is taken out, and the isolator is placed in there instead.
