8 gauge wire feed for truck camper?
My new Chevy 2500HD truck has a wire 'harness' tapped off the front-rear tow wiring for the truck bed. The OEM harness power feed has a 40 amp fuse rating. Will I have to run a separate 8 gauge power ...
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BugsRLB...your Chevy Silverado has to have come from the factory with the "Camper Wiring-TP2" option. A T-connection is located within the front left
box, cable tied to one of the box bracing arms. The wiring is the standard 7-conductor feed with ends protected with heat shrink. The harness is quite long...you will have to use a hole saw to drill through the left box side to bring the harness to a (Bargman) connector. If your Chevy didn't come with the option, I believe that there is a 'quick connect' at the same location and you can buy a T-fitting that you can connect without having to do any splicing. The factory puts the quick connect at that location for the TP2 wiring option.
Be warned that Lance Campers require 8 gauge power feed and a Lance 6-conductor socket...you would have to run 8 gauge wiring if you use a Lance camper
box, cable tied to one of the box bracing arms. The wiring is the standard 7-conductor feed with ends protected with heat shrink. The harness is quite long...you will have to use a hole saw to drill through the left box side to bring the harness to a (Bargman) connector. If your Chevy didn't come with the option, I believe that there is a 'quick connect' at the same location and you can buy a T-fitting that you can connect without having to do any splicing. The factory puts the quick connect at that location for the TP2 wiring option.
Be warned that Lance Campers require 8 gauge power feed and a Lance 6-conductor socket...you would have to run 8 gauge wiring if you use a Lance camper
