What's special about the Dodge 7-pin trailer jack?
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Part of the truck lights are on fuses,part on breakers. Same with trailer lights. I went with 15 amp fuses for all lights except running lights which have 20 amp fuse because some of the trailers have so many. I talked to the RV dealers tech that installed my 5er hitch he said that would probably be ok. He also told me that the magnets on the trailer breaks pull 3 amps max, so that is 6 amps per axle plus you want to add a couple of amps for wiring. I usually have a 2 axle trailer plus 2 or 3 amps for wire should be a 15 amp fuse for trailer brakes. But the TIPM has a 40 amp fuse for trailer brakes so I figured a 20 amp fuse would probably be good enough. If you have a trailer with LED's you could go with lower amperage fuses.
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Originally Posted by anyfx
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For the guy pulling FEMA's I would definitely do something soon, I've heard of several of the trailers with bad wiring. It cost me about $70 to build that box but that is cheap insurance considering the money I lost on that pull and being down for 2 weeks
For the guy pulling FEMA's I would definitely do something soon, I've heard of several of the trailers with bad wiring. It cost me about $70 to build that box but that is cheap insurance considering the money I lost on that pull and being down for 2 weeks
Hell, I would buy one.
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Mark, .....I like your fix! You can move it from truck to truck. Couldn't a guy do the same thing under the truck between the 7pin and the truck wireing? and to keep it simple just protect the circut breaker systems with a small sealed inline fuse/juction box?
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Originally Posted by welndmn
If you made that where If could be put inline on a trailer, that would sell.
Hell, I would buy one.
Hell, I would buy one.
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