Additional camper hot wire.

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alvald83
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Additional camper hot wire.

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I'm not sure where to post this, but I am having a problem supplying power to my camper. I used the trucks original camper wire harness to supply power to my '69 camper. My camper has the tai lights on the camper. The tail lights work fine, but when I turn my headlights on, the circuit breaker or switch under the glovebox keeps switching off and on, turning my dash lights off and on as well. Obviously, it is drawing too much current when I have all the exterior lights on. I want to add another hot wire to run some of the lights when I have my headlights on, but not sure where to find a good source without straining that circuit as well. Any help would be great! Al
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Re: Additional camper hot wire.

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Al,

The first one here is a simple "one wire" diagram on how to run the additional circuit properly:
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... =8&t=48178
And if you scroll on down you'll see the dual battery isolator you might want to add down the road. :wink:
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