Traveling in the winter with a TT

Metzfamily wrote:
Yes we have a location to park it when we arrive with 110 electricity. We pulled it in November to the same location. It was cold inside the TT when we stopped to take breaks. It would be nice if it is ok to run heat while on the road.

Our truck has a 220 Amp alternator so I think it will be able to keep the batteries charged. We have two batteries on the TT.

Is it safe to run a propane furnace while pulling the TT I guess is a big question for me.

I know the refrigerator is running on propane on the road but I would think that is a smaller flame. Still a flame never the less.

We encountered very strong winds on the last trip, but, was very fortunate that it was a tailwind. Best MPG we had ever seen. Just luck though.

So noted on the drunk buddies pulling you on an inner tube ;-) This is the advice and wisdom we are looking for.

I believe you bought a GM, check your manual and locate the charging fuse location to see if there is a fuse in that position.. GM often does not by default put a fuse on the charge line to make it hot.. Sometimes may even be a dummy fuse there.. Not sure why they do that..

Do be aware also, if it is a GM you bought, in times past, they also did not have a relay on the charge line. What that means is the charge line is on even when the engine is not running. If this is the case, if you NEED to pull over and wait out a bad weather situation you WILL want to disconnect the trailer from the vehicle wiring to prevent accidentally running down your vehicle's battery (which could be ugly in cold weather).

Many yrs ago, my Dad had a 1980s truck with a 5th wheel trailer that he wired the charge line hot all the time.. It bit him one time when he had to pull off and sit out a bad snow storm for a day.. Furnace ran the trailer battery down AND the truck battery down and he had to call for a jump the next day..