Fitting a Ring DC-DC

[rod_vw]

You are correct in not using the battery -ve if it has the battery monitor attached.

Where is your RSCDC30? Where have you connected the leisure battery -ve?

My RSCDC30 is under the driver's seat so I use the earth stud that is located on the floor under that seat, that is also where my leisure batteries (I have two, one under the seat and one in the furniture) are earthed. Usual rule of thumb, keep the cables as short as possible and of sufficient thickness.

Rod

 

[JT6]

You are correct in not using the battery -ve if it has the battery monitor attached.

Where is your RSCDC30? Where have you connected the leisure battery -ve?

My RSCDC30 is under the driver's seat so I use the earth stud that is located on the floor under that seat, that is also where my leisure batteries (I have two, one under the seat and one in the furniture) are earthed. Usual rule of thumb, keep the cables as short as possible and of sufficient thickness.

Rod

Thanks Rod, that answers that quite nicely then. My battery will be under the drivers seat and RSDC30 under the passenger seat. I couldn’t see there was room to get the battery and the Ring unit both under the driver seat!

Thanks again. Joe

 

[rod_vw]

I guess you have found the earth stud then?

Yes it's a tight fit to get both under the seat. The battery is fitted on a modified VW engine battery mounting plate bolted between the seat box and the floor on the box fixing studs. The battery mounts sideways leaving room (just) for the RSCDC30 to slide in from the front foot-well on a long loom. I make sure that it tilts up towards the battery when fitting to leave some air space below for cooling.
If you are using the RSCDC30 with a solar panel see this thread Ring DC/DC Set up last few posts.

Cheers,

Rod

 

[JT6]

Yes found the stud , thanks for the heads up, not got a solar panel get, but hoping to get some connections so some kind of plug somewhere usefull. Then once I get one it will be a simple plug and play job.

Thanks for your help. Joe

 

[Ads_Essex]

Yes found the stud , thanks for the heads up, not got a solar panel get, but hoping to get some connections so some kind of plug somewhere usefull. Then once I get one it will be a simple plug and play job.

Thanks for your help. Joe

@JT6 did you buy a solar panel in the end? I ask as I have the Ring unit and and now looking at solar, and wondered whether yours was running solar ..

 

[JT6]

@JT6 did you buy a solar panel in the end? I ask as I have the Ring unit and and now looking at solar, and wondered whether yours was running solar ..

Afraid not sorry Ads, still on my long list of things to buy!

Just a heads up, something that may catch people out one day and caused me the pain of sending the unit back as faulty when it actually wasn’t;

The units display and control is fed from the leisure battery side. This means if you let your leisure battery go flat and go below 8v, the unit won’t power up and charge the flat battery. I then had to charge the leisure battery on a mains charger, to get enough voltage in it for the unit to continue charging the leisure battery. None of this is in the manual!

Hope that makes sense and can be of use to someone one day!

 

[Ads_Essex]

Afraid not sorry Ads, still on my long list of things to buy!

Just a heads up, something that may catch people out one day and caused me the pain of sending the unit back as faulty when it actually wasn’t;

The units display and control is fed from the leisure battery side. This means if you let your leisure battery go flat and go below 8v, the unit won’t power up and charge the flat battery. I then had to charge the leisure battery on a mains charger, to get enough voltage in it for the unit to continue charging the leisure battery. None of this is in the manual!

Hope that makes sense and can be of use to someone one day!

Ah that’s good to know, cheers Joe.

 

[rod_vw]

Afraid not sorry Ads, still on my long list of things to buy!

Just a heads up, something that may catch people out one day and caused me the pain of sending the unit back as faulty when it actually wasn’t;

The units display and control is fed from the leisure battery side. This means if you let your leisure battery go flat and go below 8v, the unit won’t power up and charge the flat battery. I then had to charge the leisure battery on a mains charger, to get enough voltage in it for the unit to continue charging the leisure battery. None of this is in the manual!

Hope that makes sense and can be of use to someone one day!

Good to know Joe.

 

[rod_vw]

@JT6 did you buy a solar panel in the end? I ask as I have the Ring unit and and now looking at solar, and wondered whether yours was running solar ..

I have a RSCDC30 with solar and has had the firmware update done. There are still the occasional instance when it fails to cut in and charge from the vehicle alternator which I believe is a 'feature' when running the unit with a solar panel connected. I have a shunt fitted in the -ve connection from of my leisure batteries and an ammeter reading from it so I can tell when it's refused to charge. The answer then is to hold the button in the RSCDC30 to go into configuration mode and simply come back to normal working mode, that seems to re-set it.

Otherwise the RSCDC30 is that it seems to work very well in all other circumstances.

Rod

 

[sam wildcat]

hi all just got a ring RSCDC30 got a t6, should i run a +wire to the alternator or the van battery and the -wire to a earth. thanks for your input

 

[Ads_Essex]

hi all just got a ring RSCDC30 got a t6, should i run a +wire to the alternator or the van battery and the -wire to a earth. thanks for your input

+ to battery.
- to earth (or battery)


https://www.ringautomotive.com/files/mydocs/rscdc30 instructions.pdf

 

[sam wildcat]

+ to battery.
- to earth (or battery)

thank you

 

[Tom Benn]

Just come to fitting my ring charger. So I need to connect negative from starter battery or can I connect to body work like everything else?

Many thanks

 

[Deaky]

Body is fine.

 

[Tom Benn]

Cheers buddy, just saved me another trip out

 

[Jamminjp]

Hi Guys

I'm pretty clued up when it comes to electrics and have been messing with cars and now vans for almost 30 years, but the Ring manual is a little bit rubbish. Hopefully someone can assist!

My setup will be a 110a leisure battery Ring DC-DC and EHU charger (I’m not worried about the EHU)

On reading the manual is shows the +ve and –ve from the starter battery, this is straight forward as I will just connect the +ve and use the chassis as a –ve.

The confusion for me comes from the target side, as the diagram/manual shows the –ve to be separate. Again the +ve is straight forward So do I wire the –ve from the target battery to the B- output only or do I also need to connect it to the chassis also?

Also the Temperature probe, does this attach to the –ve or does it just touch the battery, having a ring terminal and then no indication of how to connect it is pretty poor to say the least.

Thanks in advance!