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ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO TRUCK
Your Chalet comes equipped with a 12-volt electrical cord with a molded connector.
The truck electrical connector will be installed by your Chalet Dealer to your truck wiring system.
With the wiring and connectors hooked-up, your truck will supply 12-volt DC power to charge your
trailer’s battery and provide power for the 12-volt power needs while the truck is operating.
Under no circumstances should the plug be
altered or changed to another type.
COLOR GAUGE FUNCTION
• Black 8 12-volt power
• White 8 Ground (-)
• Green 14 Running Lights
• Red 16 Left Turn Signal
• Brown 16 Right Turn Signal
• Yellow 16 Back-up Lights
NOTE:
Do not use less than 8 gauge wire size for charge lines. Also, do not attach them to smaller gauge
wires. Your RV maybe equipped with a 3-way refrigerator which uses 120v, 12v or LP gas to operate.
Selecting the 12v operation requires a large amount of amperage. This selection should only be used
while traveling when your truck alternator can produce this amount of amperage. Using an 8 gauge
wire from your truck battery to the trailer will ensure that adequate amperage will be supplied to the
refrigerator.
To protect your truck’s 12-volt system from overload, a 40-amp circuit breaker should be installed at
the power source under the hood. A Battery Separator may be necessary to install on your vehicle.
Its purpose is to protect your truck’s starting battery from discharge. To handle the trailer’s electrical
requirements and to charge the trailer’s battery, 8 gauge hot and ground wires must be run from the
power source under the truck hood to the 12-volt camper electrical connector location in the truck
bed.
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