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mikestock
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Jan 27, 2017

Connecting the towed battery to the 12 v house system

I made a fused jumper to connect along side of the regular tail light system. I ran + and - to the starter battery to be sure I had a good constant ground. I ran the same type fused jumper from my hou...
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wolfe10
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Jan 27, 2017
I see no reason for a diode-- that is unless you are dry camping and forget to unplug the charge wire.

And if you decide to use a diode, make sure it is not a standard one that "charges" around .7 VDC. That much of a drop will render the charge wire pretty well useless.

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