Are you recommending that I <u><b>DO NOT</b></u> ground any of my solar components to the body/frame of the vehicle and, therefore, simply connecting the wires to the appropriate pos/neg terminals of my components?
<b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Correct</b><br><br>
<span id="post_message_1272057172">Can I just wire the fuse directly onto the battery's pos terminal without any distance at all? <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Yes </span>..</span><br>.Secondly, why is a certain distance critical regarding placement of the fuse?</span>
<br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;">It really is not critical unless the wire gauge is too small causing undue resistance from a (too small) wire</span>.<br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The reason to keep the solar electrical system separate from the chassis or the frame (of the truck) is to prevent any chance of power surges, feedback etc., from the truck charging system entering the much more sensitive charge controller for the solar.</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">A shorted diode in an alternator can cause a constant electrical draw from the battery, a poor chassis ground to the body from the motor can cause problems also.</span><br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">I prefer to keep each system separate. If a problem arises it is much easier to diagnose each one separate</span>ly <br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Now if you are going to charge the solar house battery with the charging system of the truck, while moving, that is a separate set of issues</span><br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">From what I can gather, 4x4 is using a insulated stud to combine all of the positive connections separate from the battery lug, because having a bunch of wire connections on the battery is troublesome, because of corrosion at that point, it is much easier to clean one connection at that point than 4 or 5 of them.</span><br><br>