Hello All:
I am changing my wiring harness out for the power/ground/directionals on my Lance camper (truck side).
Here is my situation: We rotate between a GN LQ horse-trailer, a bumper-pull horse trailer, and our Lance- depending on how we are camping, and if the horses come along. It's a flexible setup that covers a lot of options with our F-350.
We have a 7-pin under the bumper, and a 7-pin in the bed of the truck, at the back. Up until a month ago, we had the Lance harness receiver in the bed at the front. I pulled it out when I was chasing brake-light gremlins, and feared it was part of the problem, since it was the only non-PNP part of the equation... Turned out to be the multi-function switch in the steering column went bad on us.
I would like to make a pigtail (7-pin male on one end, Lance 6-pin female on the other) that would allow me to utilize the 7-pin receptacle at the back of the bed.
My concern is the 8-ga requirement for the 12V and the ground. I am not sure of the need for this- as I assume the factory wiring harness on the truck doesn't have this... I would like to keep the Lance (camper-side) plug stock, in case we ever sell it.
What have you all done to deal with this? I rarely run anything off of 12V. If we need power, we are either camping with shore-power, or we run the Honda, or the on-board Onan. So, the only thing the house battery does is power the occasional light, water-pump, or F-Fan. Would that be okay to run off the 7-pin in the bed?
Worst case scenario, I'll run the hot/ground wires again, and splice into the truck harness again for the directionals, unless there's a cleaner solution. All thoughts/ideas/tutorials welcome and appreciated.
Thank you,
Don
2003 Ford F-350 LB DRW 6.0 PSD, Ride-Rites
TorkLift SuperHitch with 3' Ext., FastGuns and Stable Loads,
Lance 880, Bison 3H Slant LQ GN, 1953 Chris-Craft 18' Sportsman