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Old 08-31-2014, 05:48 PM   #249
Slava
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by Madman View Post
Your truck will not charge your trailer battery really at all. The lead dedicated to sending power from your truck to your trailer is really only a weak trickle charge.

When you say "use the lights", do you mean the inside lights in your trailer? Or the actual running and brake lights of the trailer?
Well I bought a new battery in July, and I tested it this weekend and it's dead (like 0.175 volts dead). I have outside lights like turn/brake signals. But absolutely nothing inside. So I figured that when the trailer is plugged into the truck I should be able to get something there? Even after a couple hour drive though, nothing at all.

When I was at a fully serviced site I had no issues, so I know the issue is in the DC line somewhere... and theoretically not the battery. I should mention that when I bought the battery I camped with it the same weekend and had power for the lights and water pump that weekend.
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