Okay. So my wife and I are going to be picking up an Alaskan in may. It is a 1997. Pretty excited! I want to make sure I do the right things to my truck to make this a easy and fun experience right from the start. I have a 1999 dodge 2500 diesel truck. The Alaskan camper comes with two AGM marine batteries. I would like the truck to charge these batteries while it is running. When the truck is off and we are using the camper I would like to ONLY draw power from the AGM marine batteries and not my truck batteries for obvious reasons. I have read alot of information about using big wire etc.. but really it is greek to me. I guess I am looking for some handholding..need to know exactly what wire to use, connectors etc.. and how to set this up properly. We do not have solar panels and probably won't get them...
My questions : How should I hook up the electrical from my truck to the camper? Also I would like the configuration to also allow the batteries in the camper to be charged when plugged in to "shore" power.
I have a female electrical port wired into the bed of my truck, it was there when I bought it. The cover reads 6 - 8 - 12v. It is in the Front drivers side corner of my truck bed, so it would be right under where the female port is on the camper.
I have attached two pictures. The first is the female plug in my truck, the other is the camper plug. Well I can't attached pictures b/c they are "too big" but if it would help I can email them
THANKS!!!
My questions : How should I hook up the electrical from my truck to the camper? Also I would like the configuration to also allow the batteries in the camper to be charged when plugged in to "shore" power.
I have a female electrical port wired into the bed of my truck, it was there when I bought it. The cover reads 6 - 8 - 12v. It is in the Front drivers side corner of my truck bed, so it would be right under where the female port is on the camper.
I have attached two pictures. The first is the female plug in my truck, the other is the camper plug. Well I can't attached pictures b/c they are "too big" but if it would help I can email them
THANKS!!!