12 pin plug
- Thread starter Janbo
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Yes it will but only if thevtug is wired correctly it should also be wired via a solinoid or ingnition to stop the fridge killing the tug battery
Jayco wanted me to put a 12pin for when our new van comes as we were told they won't do 7pin /Anderson . Our 150ltr fridge runs great through the Anderson pug in our currant setup and we have other trailers that are 7 pin so I made up a 12pin to 7pin/Anderson adaptor cable should work fine
Just worth noting that a 7 pin flat trailer plug will go just fine into the 12 pin on your vehicle.
Hi,
I had a 7 pin only on my Swan, running the 90l fridge and charging the battery through a single hotwire. I successfully in the end melted the pin. The 7 pin is only rated to 15 amp each. I believe the bottom 5 pins on the 12 pin are rated to 35 amp. Anyway changed to the 12 pin on the Swan and all good.
When I got my Expanda, it required two hot wires running through the 12 pin plug.
One hot wire runs the Fridge only (150lt)
The other hot wire is for the rest of the 12v electrics/lights and recharge the battery.
End up running a second set of wires through the vehicle for the fridge using 6mm wire, I used a voltage sensing dual battery isolator to stop it killing the Tug battery when stopped.
Overall I am much happier with the 12 pin setup.
I had a 7 pin only on my Swan, running the 90l fridge and charging the battery through a single hotwire. I successfully in the end melted the pin. The 7 pin is only rated to 15 amp each. I believe the bottom 5 pins on the 12 pin are rated to 35 amp. Anyway changed to the 12 pin on the Swan and all good.
When I got my Expanda, it required two hot wires running through the 12 pin plug.
One hot wire runs the Fridge only (150lt)
The other hot wire is for the rest of the 12v electrics/lights and recharge the battery.
End up running a second set of wires through the vehicle for the fridge using 6mm wire, I used a voltage sensing dual battery isolator to stop it killing the Tug battery when stopped.
Overall I am much happier with the 12 pin setup.
Have a similar setup 12mm to run fridge (150L) whilst car is running and 6mm charging battery (dual 100ah with solar). The fridge is not connect to the caravan battery so its really only a 12v when connected to the car. 12 pin works fine but one thing I note is that when towing a trailer on the 7 pin part I have an indicator on the dash telling me the trailer indicators are working. This doesn't function when the van is hooked up? And yes the van indicators work.
Why didn't I think if that. The Nissan dealer had no idea and neither did the sparky who did the wiring from new>
yeah we need to get a LED module for the Land Rover Discovery.. the other auto elec said put a load resistor on the van.. rang the Auto Elect Jayco recommended to do van.. He said no you put it on the Land Rover so it all works well. So now to find time to drop off the family car....
With mine the Fridge only draws power when the car ignition is on. Ignition off all off.
The relay is usually switched by the ignition so that when the ignition is switched on, power will be supplied to your fridge circuit and when you turn the engine off the fridge circuit is broken so no power to fridge so battery will not go flat.
