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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
Subject: Re: Charging from tow vehicle
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 13:46:36 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 19:57:51 -0600,
  sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
>  On 3/5/2025 4:11 PM, Ted Heise wrote:
> 
> >>   Now this could be from the line not being hot (e.g., 
> >>   because of a fuse needed), or because a multimeter won't 
> >>   work.  But I vaguely recall having gotten a 12-13 V reading 
> >>   from the pins some time in the past.  So maybe the sparking 
> >>   blew the fuse. I'm trying to run down where that would be 
> >>   and will let you know what I find.
> > 
> > Okay, I found the fuse (designated "trailer battery") and 
> > found it was definitely blown.  Put in a replacement, and 
> > still get no sign of 12 V at the proper pins (at about the 
> > 1:30 and 7:00 positions).
> > 
> > So I guess next is to ask the dealer to look at it.
> > 
> > Might look for a test light too, I guess.
> 
>  To be honest, it is a good sign that it was blown. 

Yeah, I thought of that too.

>       ...I did the exact same thing on my F-150.  It hard to get 
>  in there.  But since it shorted out and blew the fuse, it must 
>  have meant you actually had power there!  Get your test light 
>  and you'll know for sure.

LOL  Glad to know it's not just me.  :)

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA