marksmith
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Hi folks,
Can anyone tell me what this thing is/does on the positive terminal of my starter battery? (Roller Team on Fiat Ducato, 2004.) The negative terminal has a fairly straightforward terminal block on it - with connections to the chassis earth and leisure battery I presume - but the one above is on the positive terminal and looks much more complex than just a terminal block.
Does it relate to the split charging system or fridge relay or something like that?
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(As an aside, the reason I'm looking at this is that we have just done our first tour with our own motorhome - two weeks in Scotland. On the way up and the way back the van failed to start after a stop of literally about two minutes - symptoms like a flat battery. On both occasions a jump start fixed it and all was well but it was completely unclear what caused it to happen. During the fortnight we must have stopped/started the van 50 times and had no trouble at all. Yesterday I discovered that the negative terminal was very loose - just lifted off - so I hope/suspect that's the problem.)
Thanks!
-Mark
Can anyone tell me what this thing is/does on the positive terminal of my starter battery? (Roller Team on Fiat Ducato, 2004.) The negative terminal has a fairly straightforward terminal block on it - with connections to the chassis earth and leisure battery I presume - but the one above is on the positive terminal and looks much more complex than just a terminal block.
Does it relate to the split charging system or fridge relay or something like that?
Broken Link Removed
(As an aside, the reason I'm looking at this is that we have just done our first tour with our own motorhome - two weeks in Scotland. On the way up and the way back the van failed to start after a stop of literally about two minutes - symptoms like a flat battery. On both occasions a jump start fixed it and all was well but it was completely unclear what caused it to happen. During the fortnight we must have stopped/started the van 50 times and had no trouble at all. Yesterday I discovered that the negative terminal was very loose - just lifted off - so I hope/suspect that's the problem.)
Thanks!
-Mark