Red Cables Under Passenger Seat [Merge]
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Vdubster
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`Thank you for your reply, i dont actually have an electric door? that i know of? could the place i bought it from easily have removed it? or what else could it be for?
In regards to the thick red and thin small red wire could i just not add an inline fuse there at the end before adding it to the Split charger?
thanks for your help.
Anyone know the amp rating for the factory installed power cable underneath the passenger seat on a T6 Caravelle? The cable is not connected under the seat (it’s taped off) but I can’t find any markings for the gauge of the cable. It looks to be 10mm but that’s a guess. Cheers, Nick
Ok thanks, think I’ll need to run a new cable as just noticed the Victron specification for the 30 AMP DC-DC charger recommends 16mm.
Although up to 2 meters 10mm can be used, since the cable is routed just below the battery - through engine bulkhead to the passenger seat it’s probably not far off 2m
Vdubster
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Im not sure what this is for but can i connect my dc dc charger to it?
i found it under my passenger seat, it doesnt look like vw left it it like that but i could be wrong, i have no idea what its for, it has a 40 amp fuse and what appears a thick red wire spliced to a thing red wire, can i attach or run my dc dc charger from this thicker red wire? I've checked the terminal and it has a permanent 12v when the ignition is off so im assuming its connected directly to the battery?
or do i need to run a feed direct from the battery for my dc dc charger?
i found it under my passenger seat, it doesnt look like vw left it it like that but i could be wrong, i have no idea what its for, it has a 40 amp fuse and what appears a thick red wire spliced to a thing red wire, can i attach or run my dc dc charger from this thicker red wire? I've checked the terminal and it has a permanent 12v when the ignition is off so im assuming its connected directly to the battery?
or do i need to run a feed direct from the battery for my dc dc charger?
my 2016 shuttle had these. I used them when fitted the towbar but couldnt figure out what they were for as i did not have towbar or aux battery prep.
.. My 6.1 has a load of extra taped up wires under there.
Vdubster
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now that is good news, every job I've done so far is as difficult as possible so that will save mea a big head ache as i have no idea what im doing lo do you have any idea what it would have been originally there for? i feel like something has been removed from the van but i have no idea what... thanks for your help/
Hi this is probably been answered before
But I’m installing a leisure battery with a ctek charger and have ran my battery wire to the passenger seat upon doing this I’ve noticed there looks like a battery wire there taped up with a red and blue striped wire plus a 20amp fuse is the red and blue a ingestion wire
The CTEK is asking for a ignition wire
Cheers
But I’m installing a leisure battery with a ctek charger and have ran my battery wire to the passenger seat upon doing this I’ve noticed there looks like a battery wire there taped up with a red and blue striped wire plus a 20amp fuse is the red and blue a ingestion wire
The CTEK is asking for a ignition wire
Cheers
Have a quick look at the "adding 12v section"
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Hello,
under the left seat there is power directly from the power rail, in E-box (fuse SA3 - 60, 80 or 100 Amps, depending on the equipment), in my Caravelle there is power to the additional 12v socket on the left C pillar, it could be a sliding door power supply , in some variants (army, police, etc.) it is a power supply for additional specialist equipment. This thin red additional cable, it can be a water pump power supply from webasto, I did it, converting the webasto auxiliary heater into a parking heater.
Hi, I wired up my CTEK charger in my T6 Euro 6 today, I connected the CTEK to the main battery using the red live cables under the dual passenger seat (there were two small cables and a 10mm2 cable spliced together, I used the main 10mm2 cable) everything is working fine and the leisure battery is charging from the CTEK however I wondered if I should be swapping the fuse in the E Box for a 30A one, I believe mine is the 50A fuse at position 8 (according to the previous VW diagram). I have fused between the CTEK and my leisure battery with a 30A fuse and have used 10mm2 cable throughout so the rating of this is higher than the E Box fuse.
Thanks for any advice, a pic of my E Box below.
Cheers
Thanks for any advice, a pic of my E Box below.
Cheers
Assuming you have the CTEK D250SE which charges at 20A I think the 50A default fuse is fine. It offers cable protection for the 10mm2 (70A rated cable you have) and also allows enough juice through to the CTEK to do it's job of charging your leisure battery.
@saintclarkey1 thanks for getting back to me, this was my thinking as well. I have however since been in contact with @travelvolts and he recommended adding the 30A fuse before the CTEK250SE to protect the unit itself, he mentioned that should the CTEK become damaged in any way then not having the fuse there may invalidate any warranty.
So for anybody else who is carrying out this install, I have used the 10mm2 cable from under the passenger seat and rerouted it to the drivers seat area, then added an inline fuse at 30A and connected in to the CTEK. I also have a fuse on the output of the CTEK before the leisure battery as recommended by the manufacturer.
So for anybody else who is carrying out this install, I have used the 10mm2 cable from under the passenger seat and rerouted it to the drivers seat area, then added an inline fuse at 30A and connected in to the CTEK. I also have a fuse on the output of the CTEK before the leisure battery as recommended by the manufacturer.
Makes sense and sounds fair enough for the sake of a couple of quid extra, 5 minutes more work and piece of mind.
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