Recent content by jheimann

Everyone, I spent some quality time troubleshooting the issue today and found what I believe is the problem. The trailer hitch cable on the camper is connected to the camper in a junction box using wire nuts. Upon inspection I found the wire nut on the 12V accessory wire had become...

LOL... yes, I double checked the polarity of the battery and the wiring. Its all correct :)

I disconnected the battery and measured the resistance from the 12V accessory cable to ground and it was 1.5M ohms. Same was measured at the positive battery cable to ground. While I grounded the positive cable before measuring resistance, there might still have been some residual power...

The trailer battery was fully charged when it was connected to the truck. After the melt down, I checked the battery status again to make sure no damage was done, and it still said fully charged (and all the lights in the trailer were nice and bright). I can see a 30A circuit breaker in line...

Kirk, yes the 12V accessory pin on the trailer plug was completely melted away. I meant to say the brake pin was not melted. Actually no other pins on the plug appear to be melted, just the 12V accessory pin. I suspect the ground pin was not melted because the trailer was connected to the...

The breakaway switch was not tripped, and that pin was not melted. Not sure it would be the breakaway switch. I was thinking it could be a compromised (corroded) connection causing excessive heat build up, but the engine clearly bogged down (under load) as soon as I plugged in the trailer. I...

I am new to camping having purchased a KZ Sportsman camper over the winter. I towed it home without issue with my pickup. I hooked it up this spring to take it for our first weekend adventure and as soon as I plugged the trailer into the truck the engine bogged down. Minutes later the 7 way...