hunter63
12-20-2010, 08:23 PM
Getting ready for a trip south, needed to check trailer lights (taking a trailer load of Christmas gifts down to DD, SIL, and GS.
As I didn't really want to hook up yet, snow coming tonite, so departure is kinda up in the air, but did want to check lights, I thought about the wiring harness we used to use on our campers over the years.
Long extra harness allowed a camper to be parked away from the truck and still power up with the truck battery.
Been around for a while so I thought, I would just use it to plug into the truck in the garage, and check lights in the drive way.
It has it's own ground wire, so you don't have to depend on the trailer grounding through the hitch.
Worked just fine.
So now I'm thinking that when using a camper trailer as a BOV/portable BOL, on of these long harness would be a great idea.
If you are used to campers, y'all probably thought about this and even have made up one already in your gear.
If not, sure came in handy while camping and checking lights.
As I didn't really want to hook up yet, snow coming tonite, so departure is kinda up in the air, but did want to check lights, I thought about the wiring harness we used to use on our campers over the years.
Long extra harness allowed a camper to be parked away from the truck and still power up with the truck battery.
Been around for a while so I thought, I would just use it to plug into the truck in the garage, and check lights in the drive way.
It has it's own ground wire, so you don't have to depend on the trailer grounding through the hitch.
Worked just fine.
So now I'm thinking that when using a camper trailer as a BOV/portable BOL, on of these long harness would be a great idea.
If you are used to campers, y'all probably thought about this and even have made up one already in your gear.
If not, sure came in handy while camping and checking lights.