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Canuck_Travelle
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Oct 28, 2016

Disconnecting the Trailer Connection when staying Overnight.

Hi everyone, I have a question for you. We have a Kodiak Travel Trailer and it has Dual Batteries in it, it is towed with a 2017 Silverado 1500. I always disconnect the trailer's electrical cable ...
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ktmrfs
Explorer III
Oct 28, 2016
Second Chance wrote:
ktmrfs wrote:
GM varies. The 6.6 diesels do NOT disconnect power. Gassers vary, I don't recall what my manual said exactly but I believe vary based on if you have the dual battery option or not.


Thanks - this is good to know. We rarely overnight without shore power and the dual batteries in the truck have a lot of amp-hours - but it takes a lot of cold cranking amps to start that diesel in the morning, too!

Rob


The D/A batteries have very high CCA but not very high AH, around 70AH each IIRC.

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