{"id":1121,"date":"2020-07-31T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuals.test\/seakeeper-1-installation-manual\/electrical-installation\/high-current-12-vdc-connection\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:37:13","slug":"high-current-12-vdc-connection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-1-installation-manual-rev-1\/electrical-installation\/high-current-12-vdc-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"High Current 12 VDC Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Reference Documents &amp; Drawings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>90511 \u2013 <span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> 1 Cable Block Diagram<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">High Current 12 VDC Power Source Requirements:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Source<\/strong><\/td><td>Battery Bank, 12 VDC, Marine, Deep Cycle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Voltage Range<\/strong><\/td><td>11.3 \u2013 16 VDC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Continuous Current<\/strong><\/td><td>55 A<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Overcurrent Protection<\/strong><\/td><td>80 A (Customer Supplied)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">High Current 12 VDC Power Connection Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect Cable 1 and Cable 2, 2 AWG conductors, to the 12 VDC power source.\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cable 1 and Cable 2 are supplied as length 0.35 m and approximately 0.1 m is routed within the gyro frame.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Splice customer-supplied 2 AWG conductors to Cable 1 and Cable 2 in accordance with the Crimping Instructions in Drawing No. 90511 \u2013 <span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> 1 Cable Block Diagram, using <span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span><\/span>-supplied butt connectors, to increase conductors to desired length. The maximum cable length is 29.53 ft (9.0 m) each.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crimp Cable 1 to B+ Conductor (red). Conductor should be continuous throughout entire length; do not coil. The most direct route to the 12 VDC power source should be used.\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Repeat Step 3 for Cable 2 to B- Conductor (black).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install approximately 2 in. (51 mm) of double wall (adhesive lined) heat shrink tubing over entire butt connector and onto both sides of conductor insulation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect plus conductor (B+, red) through dedicated 80 A overcurrent protection device (customer-supplied) and a dedicated isolation switch (customer-supplied), then directly to battery plus terminal or bus bar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect minus conductor (B-, black) directly to battery minus terminal or DC negative bus.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seakeeper-1-Cable-Block-Diagram-High-Current-Connection-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3028\" width=\"835\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seakeeper-1-Cable-Block-Diagram-High-Current-Connection-1.jpg 1459w, https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/Seakeeper-1-Cable-Block-Diagram-High-Current-Connection-1-768x358.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><em><strong>Figure 3 \u2013 <\/strong><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span> 1 Cable Block Diagram (Drawing No. 90511) \u2013 High Current Connection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/warning-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1505\" width=\"158\" height=\"100\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Reversing polarity on the DC power input to the <span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\"><span translate=\"no\">Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span> can result in damaging the electronics in the control system.<\/mark> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/High-Current-DC-Input-Crimping-Instructions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1479\" width=\"755\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/High-Current-DC-Input-Crimping-Instructions.jpg 1403w, https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/High-Current-DC-Input-Crimping-Instructions-768x296.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><em><strong>Figure 4 \u2013 <\/strong>High Current DC Input Crimping Instructions (Drawing No. 90511)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference Documents &amp; Drawings: High Current 12 VDC Power Source Requirements: Source Battery Bank, 12 VDC, Marine, Deep Cycle Voltage Range 11.3 \u2013 16 VDC Continuous Current 55 A Overcurrent Protection 80 A (Customer Supplied) High Current 12 VDC Power Connection Instructions Reversing polarity on the DC power input to the Seakeeper can result in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1101,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[157],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-1121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-1-installation-manual-rev-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16556,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1121\/revisions\/16556"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}