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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 04:59 PM
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1999 F-350 7.3 dually.
I have no 12v power coming out of my trailer plug to charge travel trailer battery?

Is there a fuse somewhere or where does that power come from?
 
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinford
1999 F-350 7.3 dually.
I have no 12v power coming out of my trailer plug to charge travel trailer battery?

Is there a fuse somewhere or where does that power come from?
Do you have your ignition turned on?

Steve
 
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 07:13 PM
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Do you have your ignition turned on?

Steve
yup had the ignition on I drove for 200 miles and nothing charged up , thats when I started checking further.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinford
yup had the ignition on I drove for 200 miles and nothing charged up , thats when I started checking further.
Relay or fuse then would be the obvious selections, although you may simply have a corroded seven pin making poor contact, usually on the back or underside of the rear of the truck. The seven pin receptacle is an ongoing problem child. Check with a volt meter on the charge pin, but give the fuses and relay a once over. You did your checking after it didn't charge with the ignition on right? A relay will open and kill the charge output when the ignition is off.

Has this system been working in the past?

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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 07:53 PM
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is there a good battery to charge?
 
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RV_Tech
Relay or fuse then would be the obvious selections, although you may simply have a corroded seven pin making poor contact, usually on the back or underside of the rear of the truck. The seven pin receptacle is an ongoing problem child. Check with a volt meter on the charge pin, but give the fuses and relay a once over. You did your checking after it didn't charge with the ignition on right? A relay will open and kill the charge output when the ignition is off.

Has this system been working in the past?

Steve
Where and which relay?
I imagine the syestem worked im the second owner and the other owner pulled a 5th wheel trailer all the time.
Everything else works./
 
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Old Jul 25, 2013 | 08:22 PM
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Did you have any luck finding a fuse or relay? My 2005 Super Duty has the same issue--no power on pin 4 when the key is on the "on" position and running.
 
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Old Jul 25, 2013 | 08:54 PM
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check the relays under the hood at the power dist. box. Should be a legend there or in your owners manual for your year.
 
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This is for Ken (Vinford).

This should be, in fact, quite simple.

See the attachment below for some assistance to this problem:

There is a small "doghouse" that sits beside the under-hood fuse box. Make sure both relays are in there, and Fuse 24 in the under-dash fuse box, and Fuse 18 in the under-hood box.

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Here's that relay box:



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Thanks for the reply guys. I was able to determine that it was fuse "107" under the dash. This is a light blue 20A square fuse in the top row second position from the left. Thanks again.
 
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Underhood fuse gone thank you.
 
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