Procedure for Disconnecting House Batteries

[Bosn Mate]

I will be disconnecting the house batteries soon to inspect them and install a Victron battery monitor shunt.

Besides killing the shore power and taking pictures, is there any procedure I need to follow when disconnecting the batteries?

Thanks!

Mike

 

[CruisingElvinRay]

Make sure the battery switches are off, and cover your solar panels with blanket so you aren’t getting any charging voltage from the panels. That’s what I did, at least.


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[Submariner]

Just as CruisingElvinRay suggested. Turn off all battery switches and cover the solar panel with a blanket. Also disconnect from shore power and turn off the switch for the inverter.

Turn everything off. You don't want to disconnect the batteries with them under load, carrying current.

 

[rpmerrill]

My solar controller has a circuit breaker in the port lazarette right next to the controller. Same style breaker/switch as the windlass.

Although it is not quite as important in a boat I still disconnect the negative first and reconnect it last.
(There's not a lot of things that a wrench can ground out on compared to working on a car battery but it's just a good habit.)

 

[knotflying]

Zip tie all wires for each terminal and park where the group goes. Take a picture of the wire setup before dismantling. There should be a fuse on the leads for each lead from the solar controller. Remove the fuses.

 

[Admiral S]

Zip tie all wires for each terminal and park where the group goes. Take a picture of the wire setup before dismantling. There should be a fuse on the leads for each lead from the solar controller. Remove the fuses.

Second vote for zip tying the terminals together. Also good to label while in there

 

[Bosn Mate]

Thanks for the assist!