Truck to camper wiring questions
I am new to the forum and owning a 2003 Lance 815. Vehicle is 1992 F-250 7.3 IDI. Also inexperienced with electrical systems. My plan for the setup is almost always dry camping. So I am really w...
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Grit dog wrote:
You’re blowing the whole exploding battery thing out of proportion. What makes you think the alternator will send more amps to the camper battery than it does to the truck batteries?
See, that is where subject knowledge apply.
And take it from the guy who did manage to blow the battery with high charge ;)
Coming to the point, truck batteries are always well charged, or they will not turn the engine over. So when alternator delivers ca 14V, the batteries being at 12.5 + V don't take high amperage.
Now when you run thick cable to TC battery discharged down to 10V, the full alternator power will go straight to it.
High amp = lot of heat and lot of potential something will blow.
