Hi all, just purchased a Optitec caravan mover to park new van in confined space, thought I would be smart as they run on 12volts and just plug into the caravans Anderson plug, to pick up vans battery, unfortunately there is no 12volts at this plug, I thought this would be a direct feed from the vehicles alternator. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why there is no 12volts there?.
Hi rgferq65,
I think you may find that the anderson plug on the caravan side could be connected to the van fridge from the car. Could be all sorts of configurations, but you may have to run a good thick twin cable (maybe encased in conduit) out to the draw bar from the van battery.
I would imagine the mover would draw a fair bit of power, so it would need to be large diameter with as short a run as possible.
No expert here, but I have had some melted wires in my younger days!
There will be a 12v supply in the other plug on your van whether it be a 7 round or flat or whatever that is connected to your van batterie/s. You can find the 12v using a tester or meter then rig up a plug to get your 12v from there. All vans are different who knows what the anderson is for you can either follow the wires to find where they terminate or talk to the manufacturer or previous owner.
Hi there. as a guess there may be a battery isolator relay between your Andersen plug and caravan Battery. Stops your caravan from draining your tugs battery whilst parked up and connected. If you have a battery isolator ( such as a Redarc) between you tugs battery and the Anderson plug at the tow bar you can do away with the isolator in the caravan and then you will have 12 volt at the Caravans Andersen plug .
Cheers Daz
-- Edited by dazz49 on Monday 21st of December 2015 07:46:14 PM
Thanks for your answers, as it is a new caravan rang dealer today, their auto electrician says that is how it is wired, stops fridge draining tug battery when both connected to each other, gave me a quick temporay fix swapping two leads, although his best suggestion was a new lead direct from batteries rear of van to front terminating with another Anderson plug, so I will probably be laying under my van this Christmas fitting a new lead. Cheers Roger MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU All
Make sure you put a in-line fuse in the line Roger.
I have only in the last 2 weeks put a Anderson Plug inside van and on the outside R/H (Road side) of van. I use the inside one with my inverter and the outside one is used when pumping water into tanks to save lifting.
I also have 2 on the back of my tug with 12v out. One charges vans batteries when mobile and the other runs the vans fridge when mobile. Both can be used for other things when not connected to van. I have converted a few things to Anderson Plugs.
All have in-line fuses. All works for me.
Keep Safe on the roads.
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Make sure you put a in-line fuse in the line Roger.
I have only in the last 2 weeks put a Anderson Plug inside van and on the outside R/H (Road side) of van. I use the inside one with my inverter and the outside one is used when pumping water into tanks to save lifting.
I also have 2 on the back of my tug with 12v out. One charges vans batteries when mobile and the other runs the vans fridge when mobile. Both can be used for other things when not connected to van. I have converted a few things to Anderson Plugs.
All have in-line fuses. All works for me.
Keep Safe on the roads.
Doug these can draw 60A so a resetable circuit breaker may be better IMHO.
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I have the same mover, I use a 12volt battery pack (supercheap one for emergency starting of vehicles) I have a anderson to alligator clip wire that I hook up to the anderson plug on Optitec then throw the battery pack up on the A frame, it will work for 20minutes when fully charged so plenty of juice, it sits on charge in the shed for when I need it.
-- Edited by OutbackMK on Tuesday 22nd of December 2015 08:22:51 PM
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Make sure you put a in-line fuse in the line Roger.
I have only in the last 2 weeks put a Anderson Plug inside van and on the outside R/H (Road side) of van. I use the inside one with my inverter and the outside one is used when pumping water into tanks to save lifting.
I also have 2 on the back of my tug with 12v out. One charges vans batteries when mobile and the other runs the vans fridge when mobile. Both can be used for other things when not connected to van. I have converted a few things to Anderson Plugs.
All have in-line fuses. All works for me.
Keep Safe on the roads.
Doug these can draw 60A so a resetable circuit breaker may be better IMHO.
Thanks Baz, the one in tug for charing the batteries is like that but the fridge one has a in-line fuse.
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