Lance Power Plug options

wnjj wrote:

Eric&Lisa wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Cut the Lance plug off and wire a standard Bargman style plug in. The diagrams are all over the internet. It has been the industry standard for years and years so it will only make things easier at the end of the day.

Purchased my Lance in 2006. Swapped the socket in the bed over to a Lance socket. I don't know why one way or the other would be 'easier'. At the end of my day, it has worked fine and I have never had to change it.

-Eric

Easier because if you someday end up with a 5th wheel, you have the right plug already installed in the truck. Easier if you ever buy another brand or need to haul someone else's camper in a pinch (or if you need someone to haul yours). Easier to replace failed plugs with one from auto parts rather than Lance's one-off one.

Sure it's for a larger charge wire but few actually use that or even have the large wire on the truck end of things. Lance's custom plug is like Betamax, perhaps better but not widely adopted makes it a nuisance.

Shrug. Bought the camper in 2006. None of those possibilities have happened yet. Selling the camper and getting a 5th wheel would be a pretty big change, and installing a different plug seems rather minor in the overall scheme of things. It's not like I wouldn't be in the truck bed already installing a 5th wheel hitch or removing now useless camper tie-downs....LOL!

IIRC, my truck pre-dates the built-in wiring harness charge wire and I had to run my own anyway. Made sure it was big enough.

Your points are all valid for 'what if'. My point is it isn't that big of a deal either way. There is no right answer other than what is best for each individual Lance owner.

Ah, Betamax! A classic case study from many college courses. It was a better technology and had a better picture than VHS. Sony failed in assuming they could dominate the market by limiting the licensing of their technology. They also failed in assuming most users would use their tape recorders to time-shift and record over-the-air programs for later viewing - thus the original Betamax tapes were only an hour in length. They failed to realize the movie purchase/rental market where longer video tapes are needed. VHS with a larger tape carriage allowed that market to be created. That's why many of the Betamax movies ended up edited for length and having scenes cut. VHS won, only to be replaced by DVD, Blu-ray, streaming, 4k, and whatever else is next...

-Eric