SierraTraveler
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Hello there, I'm the proud owner of a 1995 six pac mini that rests peacefully in the bed of a 2001 Toyota Tacoma TRD with an added leaf spring. My question is regarding the power for the camper, the previous owner modified the plug to a six square type which is not very common. My truck has a four flat connector from battery to power the trailer etc, but I am interested in simply connecting the camper power to a 12 volt 80 amp hour deep cycle battery that will be charged by a 100 watt rooftop solar panel. Basically, my question is this - I know I have to test each individual wire to see what goes where, then say if I test it and its the lights, I just plug that directly into the battery, correct? There is a fuse panel in the camper, but this particular camper did not have a place for the battery inside the camper, like it was designed to hook up to the car battery via the trailer power connector.. Are there deep cycle connectors that I should use to plug the wires in before they touch the battery? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I only need to power lights, fan, water pump, and fridge is electric/propane. So I need to splice into the wires that are currently plugged into the six square plug and connect to the battery. How do I do this properly, meaning is there a recommended plug that goes to the battery that I can plug the wires into?
Also a question with the propane fridge, its a dometic RM 2191 12 V DC 9, 6 amps and since I don't currently have power, I want to just run the fridge off propane when its sitting. I follow the directions to light it manually, and can get the pilot light lit with the propane setting button held down, however it will not stay lit when I let it go. I've tried holding it down for a long time, to no avail. Any advice would be incredibly appreciated. Thank you for reading.
Also a question with the propane fridge, its a dometic RM 2191 12 V DC 9, 6 amps and since I don't currently have power, I want to just run the fridge off propane when its sitting. I follow the directions to light it manually, and can get the pilot light lit with the propane setting button held down, however it will not stay lit when I let it go. I've tried holding it down for a long time, to no avail. Any advice would be incredibly appreciated. Thank you for reading.