Camper battery wiring diagram

Camper battery wiring diagram

10-08-2002, 02:31 PM

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dan brooks

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Camper battery wiring diagram

I just bought a '96 Palomino slide-in, and it doesn't appear to have any provisions for a dedicated battery. I don't like the idea of running off the vehicle battery when I'm camping, so I'd like to figure some way out to hook up a dedicated battery for the camper.

The truck is wired for a 5th wheel and has the 7-pin plug in the bed. The "charge" wire is hot only with the ignition on, and as far as I can tell it is wired through a constant duty solenoid, and has a circuit breaker between it and the battery.

I need to figure out how to get the "new" battery to charge and also hook it up to the camper. Does anyone have a wiring diagram to do this? My thoughts were to run a wire from the "charge" pin of the plug to the "+" battery terminal, and also run the ground from the plug to the "-" terminal. Then, hook the power "in" and ground wires from the camper to the battery.

Needless to say, I'm not real good with all this electrical stuff,

and I don't know if this is the right way or not. I can generally follow a diagram, so that would be a big help.

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