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Old Aug 5, 2022 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by hardgear69
It should at least maintain battery charge; I don't get power to + no matter what.
It may or may not depending on your loads but yes, you should get something. My point was only that it may not make much of a difference depending on your usage and expectations.

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Old Aug 5, 2022 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by CheeseheadFord
Does it charge using shore power?
Batteries charge when shore power connected
 
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Old Aug 5, 2022 | 12:25 PM
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Check the 30A fuse in position 65. Worked in the thread below.

Fuse for Power to Trailer

The 40A fuse in position 42 was listed as a possible culprit as well. Apparently the owners manual is not correct and fuse 27 is not used in the trailer charging circuit.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2022 | 02:38 PM
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Look at the trailer tow battery charge relay too. Fuse used to be in #27 and relay was in #37 I think.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2022 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Ford8502
Look at the trailer tow battery charge relay too. Fuse used to be in #27 and relay was in #37 I think.
Can we just go into forscan and give 12v power to 7pin plug all the time?
 
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Old Aug 8, 2022 | 01:05 PM
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fuse 7 ? 30 amp...
 
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Old Aug 8, 2022 | 09:12 PM
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The specific behavior of the truck charge power depends on model year. On my ‘18, the e-brake had to be off, service brake applied and in a forward gear. On my ‘20, I only have to depress the service brake.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2022 | 07:10 AM
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I tried this on my 2018XLT 350 with factory brake controller and it did not work.
 
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Has to be in gear?
 
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Old Aug 24, 2022 | 09:47 PM
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Yes, in gear. I added a DC to DC charger on the trailer side and found the only way to test the circuit was to chock the wheels and leave it in gear.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2022 | 12:17 AM
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First thing to check is if the trailer plug has connection to the trailer battery. When I had disc brakes installed the installer screwed up the wiring and disconnected the wire from the battery to the 7 way plug.

Look at the diagram below and check that you have battery voltage between the 2 circled pins.


 
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Just got back from the ford dealer. Said it is the trailer control module, can i just buy one and plug it in or do you have to some programming.
 
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