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- handye9Explorer IICheck fuses in the tow vehicle. Trailering fuses are in the fuse box under the hood. There are separate fuses for running lights and brake/ turn lights.
Check owners manual for fuse location / number - Artum_SnowbirdExplorerYup, with a truck that new you have likely blown a fuse.. I think there is one fuse for that, not a left and right fuse, but I have blown it before too. The real question is why did it blow, and that might take a lot more looking to figure out.
- irbf30ExplorerPlugging in truck and starting while trailer is plugged in to shore power will blow this fuse. Don't ask me how I know this.
- DSteiner51Explorer
irbf30 wrote:
Plugging in truck and starting while trailer is plugged in to shore power will blow this fuse. Don't ask me how I know this.
Hummm? I do it all the time. - CampinfanExplorer IIInothing in the manual mentions the trailer brake or stop lights. The closest I see is Trailer Tow park lamps but those are working. I have lights when I turn on the lights just not brake or turn signal.
- CampinfanExplorer III
DSteiner51 wrote:
irbf30 wrote:
Plugging in truck and starting while trailer is plugged in to shore power will blow this fuse. Don't ask me how I know this.
Hummm? I do it all the time.
Thats probably what did it but I cannot locate the fuse. argh - FarmerjonExplorer
DSteiner51 wrote:
irbf30 wrote:
Plugging in truck and starting while trailer is plugged in to shore power will blow this fuse. Don't ask me how I know this.
Hummm? I do it all the time.
X2. Are we expected to unplug trailers or campers every time we shut off our rigs and then restart ?
I have Never heard about that before. Seems horribly inconvenient. - slickest1ExplorerI would check the plug. Some times they just need to get wiggled a bit. Or sometimes things come apart in them.
You can check the plug on the back of the truck with a test light for all functions and you will then know if it is a blown fuse or not. - CasinojunkieExplorerCould be wiring for pin plugin.
Sometimes the wiring going to the plugin gets corroded, have to check the plugin for power and turn signals. - laknoxNomad
Farmerjon wrote:
DSteiner51 wrote:
irbf30 wrote:
Plugging in truck and starting while trailer is plugged in to shore power will blow this fuse. Don't ask me how I know this.
Hummm? I do it all the time.
X2. Are we expected to unplug trailers or campers every time we shut off our rigs and then restart ?
I have Never heard about that before. Seems horribly inconvenient.
"Shore power"; if you're plugged into the pedestal =and= your truck, then you start it up, you can blow fuses. I can only assume that if the pedestal breaker is OFF, this isn't likely to happen.
Lyle
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