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Old 02-21-2020, 10:47 PM   #13
cavie
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Brand: Keystone
Model: Sprinter
State: Florida
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Originally Posted by wsthomas1 View Post
I have a 2020 Chateau 27R and i want to upgrade to two batteries. The batteries I intend to use are the Duracell 27DCX, since 6 VDC golf cart batteries won't fit. I'm going to use two 24" cables to wire the batteries in parallel. My question is, what should the AWG of the cable be? Thanks
It's just like AC voltage. you must size the wire to the load to be served. You must calculate the wire size per voltage drop using the distance of the wire. See attache voltage chart.

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