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Old 01-07-2011, 05:50 AM
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Trailer Batt Charge Circuit?

Circuit is not putting out juice.
It did fine for years but not now.
I am pulling pwr and gnd both from the round plug at receiver.
Fuse checks out ok.
I use it to recharge a 4-battery bank in bed for 120v inverter.

Ideas?
 
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve_250
Circuit is not putting out juice.
It did fine for years but not now.
I am pulling pwr and gnd both from the round plug at receiver.
Fuse checks out ok.
I use it to recharge a 4-battery bank in bed for 120v inverter.

Ideas?
Silly question, but did you put a multimeter on the 7-pin bargman connector on the truck? Is there juice there?
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:43 AM
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Yep, sure did.
No juice there.
Wire run looks good to the point it disappears.
 
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Old 01-07-2011, 07:48 AM
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Check the relay. That truck uses a relay to energize the charge circuit when the vehicle is running.
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Old 01-07-2011, 07:58 AM
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Where is the relay?
 
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Where is the relay?
Should be in the underhood fusebox. Crack open the owners manual and there's a listing.
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Old 01-07-2011, 08:41 AM
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Cool, thanks. I looked there but must have missed it during initial troubleshooting.
 




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