New House Batteries

One of the nice things about being a member of the Ontario Trillium Travelers (OTT) is that you have lots of people to help do the hard stuff.
I can't remember the last time I replaced the house batteries in the motorhome.  The batteries are Deep Cycle RV Marine batteries that require the owner to check the levels on a regular basis and fill them with water if they are low.  I have to admit that I have never done that and probably never will.
After doing a little research, I found that I could get maintenance free batteries for only $125 more each and I need three.  As well they weight 71 lbs each so there is no way I am going to use my back to install them.  That's where Gerald came in, offering to accompany me to Canadian Tire to pick them up and to help install them.
Dirty old batteries had to be removed and returned for a "core" refund.  Bettyann first had to take a picture to make sure we connected the new ones that same way.
After a backing up the car to the compartment Gerald and I proceeded to detach the terminals and the equipment that held the batteries in the slide tray.  Together, removed the old batteries and placed the new batteries into the tray and locked them down.  We connected the cables.  TIME FOR A SMOKE TEST.  Here is where the picture that Bettyann took earlier came in.  When the inverter went black, we re-examined the wiring and found an extra cable that was not connected.  Was it connected  before???

Zoom in on the back terminal of the picture and sure enough it was connected before.  After Gerald reconnected it (more then a few sparks flew) and after Maurice took a first few shocks - Bingo everything works.