Arctic fox 6/7pin cord

[broncobran68]

This 3' cord was included with my arctic fox. It is about 5' too short. Anyone know where I can buy a longer one. My truck already has the factory receptacle in the bed and I have no interest in relocating it. If I can't find a longer cord I might just solder in the extra 5' or buy an extension cord from torklift.

[joeshmoe]

Jumper cables is what I meant to say. I was thinking solar panels for some reason which makes no sense in context.

Not the first time I brain farted and won't be the last--should be my signature.

[Dirtpig]

another note about using the jacks with low batteries. If you operate only 2 jacks (or 1 jack) at a time they will perform satisfactory on half dead camper batteries. Jumper cable idea mentioned by bedlam above is also great.

[Bedlam]

Quality jumper cables from camper to truck battery will supply plenty of power to run the jacks even if your batteries are flat - That shouldn't scare you.

When my refrigerator runs on DC, I find that the trailer charging circuit is inadequate, but with the truck running the dual batteries will still hold up for half a day without going into the yellow.

[joeshmoe]

broncobran68 wrote:
Even though I shouldn't ever need to charge the camper via the truck, I'm going to shoot for the largest wires available.

The reason for not adding another bed receptacle is that it's a new truck and I'm lazy.

You're probably aware that no matter how large a wire you use from the 7 pin at the bumper up to the camper, the stock, 12V constant wire within truck harness going to the 7 pin outlet is at best, 16AWG. Far too small to provide any meaningful charge except over a period of 4,5 or more hours of driving depending on the battery's state of charge.

You're probably also aware that the camper jacks need to have a FULL battery(s) in order to lift and lower. Should you find yourself out in the boonies (or even just the side of the hwy), or in a situation where the camper needs to come off of the truck with deeply discharged batteries and no ability to quickly charge, you'll be hating life.

[broncobran68]

I'm headed to the local trailer store today to see what's available. Even though I shouldn't ever need to charge the camper via the truck, I'm going to shoot for the largest wires available. I've decided against a simple plug and play extension cord... Soldering isn't that hard, so no reason to have the extra plug and socket to get hung up on the truck bed side while unloading the camper.

The reason for not adding another bed receptacle is that it's a new truck and I'm lazy.

[Mello_Mike]

I had the same thing happen to me when I bought my Ram 3500. It's much quicker, easier and cheaper to simply splice the length of wires you need. I soldered all my connections then used shrink tubing to insulate the connections.

[AnEv942]

I assume cord shown is a patch cord-plugging into both camper and truck. If the ends were removable? just replace wire. Contacted AF? possibly longer cords available?

Myself Id be hard wiring a longer umbilical. Though I can see advantages in patch cord I have enough issues keeping contact in one connection, cant imagine 3.
As to moving receptacle-why not just add one?

[ericboutin]

I made my own cord after seeing how much they wanted for one! It really is quite easy and a soldering iron can be had for just a few bucks! Good luck!

[hedge]

I feel your pain, My cable was only about 10" too short. I ran it win an extension the first time but things like that bug me so I ended up relocating the in-bed plug. I patched the old hole using the newly drilled hole, the patch isn't perfect but not terrible.

[kerry4951]

You wont find a longer cord with the AF rectangular plug. There are similar rectangular plugs like AF uses but the wiring will not be as heavy. You will probably be better off just buying another longer 7 round RV cord with a male and female end and use the 2 cords together.

[RoyB]

Have you checked with ETRAILER... They have a great selection of cables and adapters...

Roy Ken