woodtrucker wrote:
Also just found the po spliced in a new 7 way plug and the 12v wire black wire was broken at the crimp. I bet that was what cause the problem! I should have checcked out the splices sooner!may have save a battery! What is recommended for splicing in trailer plug??
Ah, I do not think so. While a loose connection can cause high resistance, the wire itself has to be big enough to carry very heavy current to melt a battery post. Even if by odd chance he used no 12 awg wire, that thing would melt like a fuse on a dead short on a good battery. All the insulation would be toast.
You are looking for something that can attempt to try and pull 50 to 100 amps or more. And it can happen quick. You are basically trying to weld with the battery.
Need to see this battery post to tell just how bad this is.
