Charging 12V using TV and jumper cables?

[Shacksman]

Originally Posted by Chuck

Interesting. So..where is the battery in your trailer? mine is behind the wheel well...way aft. some are mounted up front...

so did you run the cables from the trailer battery so a spot that is accessible up near the a-frame/tongue?

how do you secure the auxilliary battery boxes in the back of the truck, so they don't tip over while driving?

My plan is to run the cables through a conduit mounted under the trailer to a box on the tounge but now they just lay on the ground when parked. I have a short piece with a connector on the trailer battery so the long run, back to the battery, is a separate piece that plugs in front and back.
The battery box in the truck is stuck in between all the junk I carry. It has no where to go.
(Need pictures yet? )

[Chuck]

Originally Posted by Shacksman

...(Need pictures yet? )

Pics are always good!

so...does the cable from the auxilliaries to the coach battery need to be a big honkin' #4 battery cable?

why couldn't you rig up a standard trailer plug, and just use the existing umbilical?
I know, the charge line in the umbilical isn't very big...certainly not as big as a "battery cable".
but in the past, when my coach battery has gotten too low (dim lights; or when trying to use the little 9" ac/dc tv, which just "quits" if there is a momentary dip in voltage...), I've just plugged the umbilical into the truck, and all seems well. I know, you don't want to run a bunch of "stuff" all night long like this, as you may not be able to start your truck in the morning, but..."in a pinch"...). Perhaps this would be ok, as long as you don't have a particularly high amp draw at any one time?