Battery Isolator
Hi, My new 2013 RAM 3500 HD CC LB Diesel Dually was factory wired with the 5th wheel package, which among other things included the wiring...which my Eagle Cap 950 currently plugs into. What it ...
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okan-star wrote:
Ive had hellroaring battery isolators before , which sense your truck ignition and open the link between camper and truck, but isolaters in general rob a little of the charge power your trying to use on the camper to run the isolater. Not sure if hellroaring is even made anymore , it was the best back in 06
I use a simple solinoid ahat can be picked up at any rv parts store, its the cheapest , about 20.00 , way to go . Charge power in terminal, and out terminals , and a smaller terminal that when hot is conected to it opens the solinoid and lets power run thru,you connect this to the ignition wire on the truck , on Dodge can be found in fuse box under hood. There are models with ground terminals and without.
Ignition on power runs to camper . Off it dosent
I would abandon the factory wire for hot unless its at least a #10, and run new #8 from one battery terminal thru a thermal breaker and to the solinoid then to the plug to 5th - camper
Or you could just find the hot 5th -camper wire and cut one in
I hear you regarding the weak hot wire, I ran 6 ga. directly off of an isolator from my altenator to the house battery in an earlier set up. You loose a lot with the smaller wire. I am not as concerned with charging the house batteries as I have 260 watts of solar on the roof as I am to draining them when using my 2000 watt inverter......
The wiring is a bit more complicated in the newer vehicles then it was in my 96 RAM.
