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Cytrix-ct ground connection

Hi,

I just got my Cytrix-ct for installation of a second battery in a motorhome. The accessibility of the starter battery makes it difficult to connect port 86 directly to the negative of the battery. My (very simple) question is: Can I connect port 86 directly to any other ground point of the vehicle instead?


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Vance Mitchell answered ·

So long as the vehicle starter battery has a good ground connection you should be fine.

Ensure that both batteries and the Cyrix are connected to the same ground plane.

Most motorhomes would already use the vehicle chassis for ground, just beware that some vehicle bodies or parts thereof may be rubber mounted and not provide a good reference point.

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Just connect the 86- to a good earth. No need to connect to the minus on the battery.

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