Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
StirCrazy wrote:
Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
Bedlam wrote:
I believe Ford is still the only one with switched power at the trailer plug.
I was just thinking, there could be a condition where you're sitting in the Truck, key on, engine off, and the DC DC charger is pumping 30 amps from the truck battery back to the TC batteries. That could be a recipe for a dead battery. Quartzite has been a lot of fun. Truck Camper rally starts next week. Hope to see some RV.netters there.
not if you hook up the trigger wire properly to a source that is only hot when the engine is running like the altanator.
Steve
The battery a d alternator are connected so I believe the alternator will always look to be live at minimum battery voltage. If that is enough to trigger the Orion harder to activate, I'll have to test for that. I'll make a point t to do that at the rally this co.i g week.
depends which point on the altanator, of course I am not talking about directly to the altanator its self, can you still do that on new vehicles, I haven't looked at mine haha... but there are a couple circuts that are only energized when the altanator is running. also in the fords the charging pin in the 7 way is only active when the truck is running on mine, not sure if newer ones are the same or how cheve and dodge do it, but you could just tie into that for the trigger and would have to run a very minimal amount of wire for the trigger. if you look around there is all kinds of places that are hot only when the engine is running, and that is what is in the instructions to use, at least for renogy, to prevent the problem you were concerned about. Personaly when I get around to installing mine, I will be putting it on one of my upfitter switches that is only active when the engine is running so I can chose when it is on or off but if I shout the truck off it automaticly shuts off also if I forget the switch on. this will also allow me to leave the switch on while I am camping and if the solar is bad and its cold so I am running the furnace a lot I can use the remote start on the truck to turn it on like a auto start genny.
