Battery Leads Arcing
While hooking up battery leads (2000 Northern Lite) after sitting in storage for a while, I noticed the leads arc when touched to the battery terminal. Started chasing it down and with everything tur...
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bigfootford wrote:
What would happen if the jack controller malfunctioned and kept one or more jacks running?
A "controller" for 12 V power outlets ????
Never heard of such a thing; nor can I figure a reason for having one.
I assumed all would be "hard wired" with a fuse.
I was about to say something similar about it not being good to leave the power outlets HOT but.....unless you were dense enough to leave something plugged in AND turned on, then why not ? It would give you a convenient place to plug in a battery tender without any additional wiring.
It would be a good idea for everyone to know how theirs actually work. The ones in my coach go OFF with the battery disconnect switch (EVERYTHING does). The ones in the truck cab, however, stay hot even when the ingnition is OFF.
