Trailer plug

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Just wondering I'm putting in a 12 pin flat plug for caravan, just want to make sure I get two things write. Pin 8 orange says for battery charger/ electric winch, pin 9 pink is for auxiliaries etc/ battery feed. I'm running a permanent wire from battery to plug to run fridge in van while on the move and is also for led lighting in van. I'm presuming I use pin 9 pink ?? I'm also presuming pin 8 is if you are running a wire from say a dual battery system for charging any batteries that may be in the van which there is. So again I'm going to put the duel charger under the bonnet and run the wire from the system to pin 8 orange ??? Also what is the maximum size wire I can run which will fit into the wire inlets for these two purposes ?? Cheers Steve [IMG][/IMG]

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Steve a mate of mine looked at these plugs when I was wiring up his car. Doesn't look like you can run a heavy cable so we stuck with a 7 pin trailer plug and ran an Anderson plug as well for power.

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Problem is MJ the van isn't mine so I can only run what ever to suit his set up.... Cheers Steve

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Ah hah. Check out Narva's site. They usually have specs with the product.

http://www.narva.com.au/products/sea...h=Trailer+plug

35A but no cable size.

Edit:

http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=25674.0

6mm2 is a bit small over that distance. Can you make up a 7 pin to 12 pin adapter, run 6B&S to and Anderson plug then run 8B&S or whatever from the Anderson plug to the 12 pin adapter? That way you wire your car with heavy duty stuff and just compromise for one CT.

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Mmm good point MJ will look into that tomorrow....cheers Steve

[Bear63 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bear63]

Like mj said Anderson plug and a 7 pin plug is the way to go , might not be your van , but the flat plug they want to use will simply burn out the connections on the charging and fridge circuits , not to mention volt drop

[rags Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close rags]

Like mj said Anderson plug and a 7 pin plug is the way to go , might not be your van , but the flat plug they want to use will simply burn out the connections on the charging and fridge circuits , not to mention volt drop

Steve i have ran the 12pin flat on my last 3 vehicles including my current 120s,to charge the camper battery and if needed to use the under bonnet dual battery for an alternative power source for the camper.The fridge on camper is wired to the camper battery rather than thru to the plug. Never experienced any problems with the setup. I can;t tell you which pins i used without checking the plug out though.