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Old 12-17-2022, 03:55 PM   #1
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Default Where do all the wires run

I have a 2022 2922 and while TM does include wiring diagrams there is no information I can fin on where the wires actually run. The reason I ask is because the Battery monitor that cam with the TM is really pretty basic. I would like to change it out for one that give a lot more info like the Renogy 500A battery monitor. This requires a Shunt so I would need to run wires from the battery compartment to the current monitor location which is by the sink.
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Old 12-17-2022, 04:33 PM   #2
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This is based on my 2006 2720SL, and my memory is a bit hazy. Not sure if it applies to newer trailers.

Your best bet is to pull the converter out of the wall. This will expose all the wires, both AC and DC, that run to/from the converter, and several others as well. The wires that head forward are bundled and run through a channel rough-cut into the foam just below the floor skin. They run under the bathroom floor, and come back to the surface under the kitchen sink. In the aft direction, they become accessible somewhere in the rear compartment area.

I was able to feed a narrow metal fish tape into the channel opening that I found under the converter, and push it along until it came out at the other end of the channel. Then, of course, I attached two strong strings to the end of the tape, tied their far ends off, and pulled the tape with strings back through the channel. As the fish came out, I tied off one of the strings, to use as a backup string if needed in the future. I used the other string to pull the needed wire through the channel.

If this fails, start from under the kitchen sink, at floor level. You will (may) find that a number of wires are gathered into a bundle, and the bundle runs aft, under the floor of the bathroom, coming back to the surface either under the tub, or in the rear tool compartment somewhere.

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Old 12-17-2022, 05:59 PM   #3
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Instead of running a wire under the bathroom floor to go from the sink to the rear battery compartment, which is a major PITA (I've done it), you could consider using a Victron Bluetooth shunt. I have both a wired shunt (with a Link 10 battery monitor) and a Bluetooth shunt (Victron's "Smart Shunt") between my 2 TMs, and they're both great. The Bluetooth one wasn't around when I put the Link 10 in.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0856PHNLX

The only disadvantage of the Bluetooth shunt is that there is no permanently mounted display, since it connects to an app on your phone. Victron may make a Bluetooth monitor though for that purchase perhaps, or you could repurpose an old cell phone too.

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Old 12-18-2022, 07:57 AM   #4
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You should definitely go with a modern battery shunt with Bluetooth. I have both the BT version and the cabled version of the Victron shunt and always use the phone app to look at battery status rather than the panel.
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