Additional electrical load
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Lead Driver
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Additional electrical load
Ok folks a recent thread got me wondering... how much additional electrical load are you running on your rig?
Have you increased alternator output as a result? If so, by how much?
Are the aftermarket devices sustained or intermittent loads?
Have you added fuses or circuit breakers to every added electrical load or just tapped existing circuits?
And finally do you know exactly how much additional amperage your aftermarket electrical devices are pulling?
Have you increased alternator output as a result? If so, by how much?
Are the aftermarket devices sustained or intermittent loads?
Have you added fuses or circuit breakers to every added electrical load or just tapped existing circuits?
And finally do you know exactly how much additional amperage your aftermarket electrical devices are pulling?
Cargo Master
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The only additional electrical load that I have is the horse trailer that is used about 4 times a year.
The Bronco has an aftermarket 4-way plug and the horse trailer has a 7-way round connection. So an adapter is used but not sure it's wired correctly. The fuse blows everytime I hook up the trailer so there's some unsolved mystery there, but it's daytime towing.
Alternator replaced with non-Ford, but it reads 14 amps on the cabin guage.
The Bronco has an aftermarket 4-way plug and the horse trailer has a 7-way round connection. So an adapter is used but not sure it's wired correctly. The fuse blows everytime I hook up the trailer so there's some unsolved mystery there, but it's daytime towing.
Alternator replaced with non-Ford, but it reads 14 amps on the cabin guage.
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Curious. I assume the four-wire connector is tied into the taillight harness. Some of the seven-pin equipped trailers have alternate wiring configurations at the connector. I had that problem with a float trailer I pulled in a parade about a year ago. Negative (ground) was tied to the BROWN wire instead of the BLACK and that was in a molded OEM style connector on the trailer.
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