Power Invertor Hookup
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Power Invertor Hookup
Hello all,
I'm going to pull a trailer (about 20' long) for a hay ride during Christmas. We want to put christmas lights on it. Really dont want to use 12 volt lights (done that on boat and not very bright and only lasted 2 years). I am thinking about a 110 power inverter. I dont want the noies from a generator. We will be playing music. Is their a 12 volt power supply it the 6 prong trailer plug that I could tap into? I know 4 of the pin are for trailer lights. Are both the other pins for trailer brakes or just one?
I could run cables from the batt. to the back of the truck and hook it that way and then remove later (invertor + rain water = very bad)
Or any other suggestion for 110 volts christmas lights power. I just dont know of many 12 volt places for power at the rear of the truck. Thanks for any help. Norm
I'm going to pull a trailer (about 20' long) for a hay ride during Christmas. We want to put christmas lights on it. Really dont want to use 12 volt lights (done that on boat and not very bright and only lasted 2 years). I am thinking about a 110 power inverter. I dont want the noies from a generator. We will be playing music. Is their a 12 volt power supply it the 6 prong trailer plug that I could tap into? I know 4 of the pin are for trailer lights. Are both the other pins for trailer brakes or just one?
I could run cables from the batt. to the back of the truck and hook it that way and then remove later (invertor + rain water = very bad)
Or any other suggestion for 110 volts christmas lights power. I just dont know of many 12 volt places for power at the rear of the truck. Thanks for any help. Norm
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4 pins are the tail and brake lights. 6 prong normally adds the backup and power to brakes. 7 prong adds a 12 volt battery supply to charge camper or supply lights inside trailer, etc. on the left frame rail, need to remove spare tire. you will see a BIG red wire that should be the 12 volt HOT. you could extend from there to a 12 volt connector you put on the bumper??? if you are running at night, i assume you will have the tail lights on, could just use that power.--- also see how many light you are using and how many amps you are pulling with the lights. some small inverters are only 3-4 amps output.
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Power inverter
I used a 200 watt power inverter wired into the plug this summer to run a vacume packer on a salmon fishing trip. All it took was a positive and negative wire hooked up to 2 of the pins. It was easier to run it off the plug rather than the battery as we were working with alot of fish and we used the tailgate as a table (less wire to run). Use a tester to figure out which one is positive and which is the negative. you could also look at the wiring diagram for your pins it should tell you what pin is for what.
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Thanks, for the info. My plug has 6 prongs. I will look for the big red wire on the left frame rail. I will also test the prongs for 12 power. I will be using the plug adapter to use trailer lights. If I find that their is 12 power it the plug, I will find a different plug that I could adapt.
