Prodigy Parasite?
A couple of months ago I purchased another vehicle in order to save miles on my towing truck. The truck now sits for long periods without running (charging battery) and I am wondering about parasitic ...
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Likely hot all the time.
I've only worked this on a Ford, but controller was powered from a 30A fuse in the under hood box that was always HOT. I found this out the hard way. Replaced with a breaker. The RV shop said that if the vehicle has a dedicated fuse, they leave it in place and use it for the controller. If no fuse they used a breaker. Fuse/Breaker is sized for number of brakes it's powering. I think 30A for two axles/four brakes.
Anyhow, if I wanted that kind of amperage to run off the ignition switch, I think I'd want to add an HD relay and trigger it from the ignition ACC terminal.
I've only worked this on a Ford, but controller was powered from a 30A fuse in the under hood box that was always HOT. I found this out the hard way. Replaced with a breaker. The RV shop said that if the vehicle has a dedicated fuse, they leave it in place and use it for the controller. If no fuse they used a breaker. Fuse/Breaker is sized for number of brakes it's powering. I think 30A for two axles/four brakes.
Anyhow, if I wanted that kind of amperage to run off the ignition switch, I think I'd want to add an HD relay and trigger it from the ignition ACC terminal.
