LD1
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I know quite a few here have a dump trailer. Anyone decide to direct wire to run off the trucks battery?
I see it is a fairly common thing cause when googling it, lots of posts on landscape type forums.
I only dump the dump trailer with the electric maybe 20-30 times a year. Most of the time it runs off the remotes on my tractor. Im at the point where the battery just wont hold a charge. Not sure the exact amps a dump trailer wants to pull. I have seen some say 250+. Doing some voltage drop calculations and wanting to keep over 12v (figuring 14v supply off truck alternator) Im coming up with 4/0 wire.
But I have also read people that have used 2/0, down to as small as 2 ga. And some even with a 200a breaker. They seem happy.
Looking at a kit like this https://www.polepalsolarlightingsys...NUwxnatVE974zkY6v6UaAr68EALw_wcB#.YWSIohrMKM9
There are several out there.....and seems several people have done this to dump trailers. I'd connect the "winch" side to the dump trailer.
AS a bonus I'd be able to jump stuff from the back of the truck and never have to pop the hood with the clamp accessory.
Question I am pondering is whether or not to leave the dump trailer battery in the circuit......to kinda act as a buffer yet still be as fully charged as my pair of truck batteries....or just get rid of it?
Wondering if any fellow TBN members have done this. Seems a $120-$150 kit makes more sense than spending $150 on a battery every few years. Seems its a wiser use of funds to direct wire.
I see it is a fairly common thing cause when googling it, lots of posts on landscape type forums.
I only dump the dump trailer with the electric maybe 20-30 times a year. Most of the time it runs off the remotes on my tractor. Im at the point where the battery just wont hold a charge. Not sure the exact amps a dump trailer wants to pull. I have seen some say 250+. Doing some voltage drop calculations and wanting to keep over 12v (figuring 14v supply off truck alternator) Im coming up with 4/0 wire.
But I have also read people that have used 2/0, down to as small as 2 ga. And some even with a 200a breaker. They seem happy.
Looking at a kit like this https://www.polepalsolarlightingsys...NUwxnatVE974zkY6v6UaAr68EALw_wcB#.YWSIohrMKM9
There are several out there.....and seems several people have done this to dump trailers. I'd connect the "winch" side to the dump trailer.
AS a bonus I'd be able to jump stuff from the back of the truck and never have to pop the hood with the clamp accessory.
Question I am pondering is whether or not to leave the dump trailer battery in the circuit......to kinda act as a buffer yet still be as fully charged as my pair of truck batteries....or just get rid of it?
Wondering if any fellow TBN members have done this. Seems a $120-$150 kit makes more sense than spending $150 on a battery every few years. Seems its a wiser use of funds to direct wire.