Jump box for dual battery 7.3 diesel
I started thinking about items I might need as a new RV’r, jump boxes came to mind. I’ve looked at a few video’s online of large diesels requiring higher amperage jump boxes when their batteries are ...
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time2roll wrote:
For using my trailer batteries it would be with jump cables not a battery swap.
Try that out. If you have dead truck batteries, it is doubtful a set of jumper cables from a single deep cycle battery would light it off. And that's IF the truck happens to go dead within reach of the camper battery or you can bring the battery to the truck. Maaaybe, both deep cycles and 2 jumper cables. But again, it's a last ditch effort, IMO and not a universal solution.
I mean, batteries don't usually die in the most opportune setting.
But, with a few options for different situations on board, you could reasonably cover most all scenarios. With RV batteries being one less certain possibility depending on the situation.
Of course jump packs aren't a 100% certainty either. It's situational. Best defense is a good offense and eliminate as many potential reasons that you'd have dead batteries in the fist place.
