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wallawallaron
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Posted: 21 Aug 2013 at 9:55am |
Greetings one and all,
How do I test to see if my battery is charging thru my truck back to the POD? Can I just plug my POD into my truck and see if I'am getting a reading at the battery hook up cable or do I have to have the battery installed and then take a reading? I think I should read around 15 to 17 volts on my meeter if its charging. Thanks for any help with this. WWR
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furpod
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You can just start the truck, and then probe the bargman connector on the truck. with the notch being "6 o'clock", probe "5 o'clock" and "11 o'clock".
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Sleepless
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Furpod is absolutely correct about testing at the Bargman connector.
One trick I learned years ago is that you can also test all of your exterior lights by probing your trailer connector from the pod's battery. I have done that several times to check all the lights when I am too lazy to hook up my TV. Invariably I would find one or more clearance lights out on my larger trailers. Bob |
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furpod
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OR>> you could build "The Device" which, among it's many fun uses, is checking to see if your trailer lights work properly without hooking up... |
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Sleepless
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"The Device" certainly looks interesting!! Seems like I saw it once before, but I don't remember anything about it. Can you post a little information about what it is, what it does, etc.?
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Marwayne
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This is how you can check your lights without hooking up your trailer,
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If you want something done right, do it yourself!
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Sleepless
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I don't think so. Even using your on-board battery and grounded, you still have to use 3 separate pins to check the exterior lights. Running lights (including tail lights), right turn signal and left turn signal.
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Ratdog
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That's the exact same thing I do in order to run all of our exterior lights at night so we can find the rpod coming back from the bathhouse or whatever. I leave the 15 amp fuse in there from dusk to dawn.
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Sleepless
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I misunderstood your intent with the fuse. I thought you meant it is a way to test all of the exterior lights. Yes, it will test all the running lights, but not the brake lights or turn signal lights. Now that I understand, I think it is a neat thing to know. I have used a jumper wire to do this, but I never thought of using a fuse. Bob |
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furpod
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It is wired so when you hook up to the trailer's pigtail, it draws power from the trailer battery and with the switches you can turn on the running lights and the flashers. I actually built it for our 'stream, in case we had to leave it on the side of the road... at night. As far as using it to find the pod at night.. LOL, we have under body LED's for that. So far we have been the only TT in any campground with the disco look under our trailer... |
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