Can you jump your 5’er with your truck?
Hi guys, If I’ve seen this before I don’t remember it. Can you jump your 5’er batteries from the truck?
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I've done it tons of times over the years. It's the #1 reason that I always unhitch from the truck (so I can turn the truck around to jump the gen if I need to). I don't really worry about it anymore with solar, but it's still a habit for me.
Keep in mind that you want to jump from the truck to the gen, not to your trailer batteries. If you have a large battery bank, it will take too long for the batteries to charge up enough to crank the gen. But you can connect directly to the hot side of the gen and the ground, and then it cranks right up.
It's always a shameful moment when you have to jump like this, but it happens a couple times a year in our groups (not to the same person though).
Keep in mind that you want to jump from the truck to the gen, not to your trailer batteries. If you have a large battery bank, it will take too long for the batteries to charge up enough to crank the gen. But you can connect directly to the hot side of the gen and the ground, and then it cranks right up.
It's always a shameful moment when you have to jump like this, but it happens a couple times a year in our groups (not to the same person though).
