Electric Tounge Jack Question

Mine is wired to the battery disconnect. When the disconnect is engaged the jack will not function.

I just bought one and it is wired straight to battery with a inline fuse. It took 10 min to install! One of the best investments Ive made.

HAPPY TRAILS!

I wired mine to one of the posts on my 30 amp circuit breaker that is mounted to the frame next to the battery. This way, I don't even need the battery to be installed for the jack to work fron either the truck or the shore power. I did this because I remove my battery whenever the trailer is at the storage lot, and if I ever need to operate the jack, I don't even need the battery.

carjocky wrote:
The power jack was not going to move at this point and I had no clue how to manually do it.

Power jacks come with a manual crank in case of power failure. If yours doesn't have one, get to an RV shop or contact the manufacturer.

Wire it to the house battery, most makes of trucks will run the jack when tethered even if the house battery is dead

Ok here is food for thought for you. I had my trailer in because my water pump wouldnt shut off. Long story short they told me it was fine when i picked it up. So I took the service centers word for it and put it into storage. When I went to pick it up the other day I see they left the pump and the battery shut off on. And the pump did start running and ran until it killed both batteries. The power jack was not going to move at this point and I had no clue how to manually do it. So since I was in the storage yard I had no way to charge the batteries. As luck would have it I plugged it into the truck to see if it would draw from it and it did.

So my point is I would wire it so that IF you have the same problem I did you wont be stuck.

Bonefish wrote:
Wired through a FUSE to the house battery.

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Great Mod.

Wired through a FUSE to the house battery.

battery

mine is also wired to the battery