ajhartle
Clear Spring Md.
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I have had trailers before but none had the battery cutoff switch on them. What exactly is it for .Mine is on the out position is that where it should be? Does it have something to do with the truck charging system?
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skipnchar
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It just saves you from taking the negative lead off of the battery while the trailer is in storage. without one or the other the batteries will be drained over time.
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Vulcanmars
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Mine kills all the 12v stuff like radio/smoke/CO detector. It will also stop the batteries from charging on shore power.
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Y-Guy
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Sometimes there are two cut offs, one to cut power to the fuel station the other kills all power. As Vulcanmars said by killing the power to the radio/C0 detector you kill the parasitic draw that can slowly drain a battery over a couple of weeks.
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ajhartle wrote:.Mine is on the out position is that where it should be?
depends on what ya want it to do
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nayther
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I have one, use it when I'm plugged in for a period of time, keeps from overcharging the batteries since I have the piece of junk converter/charger. If you have the IOTA with the add on or float charger you should be able to leave the switch out (out is on).
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jetboater454
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If it's pulled out and you have 12V lights,then it's "on".Push it the other way and see if you have no lights.Then you can label it for on/off.
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nayther
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jetboater454 wrote:If it's pulled out and you have 12V lights,then it's "on".Push it the other way and see if you have no lights.Then you can label it for on/off.
I had to do exactly that, couldn't remember from one time to the other, made a little label that says, "out is on" for under the switch. Love the Brother label maker.
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BobWanderer
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nayther wrote:I have one, use it when I'm plugged in for a period of time, keeps from overcharging the batteries since I have the piece of junk converter/charger. If you have the IOTA with the add on or float charger you should be able to leave the switch out (out is on).
So I assume the fridge will work with the batts unhooked??
I have never tried it that way.
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CliffordG
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BobWanderer wrote:So I assume the fridge will work with the batts unhooked?? I have never tried it that way.
I believe the Dometic fridge still needs 12v in order to run the circuit board (control panel).
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