Electronic Tongue Jack
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Topic: Electronic Tongue Jack
Posted By: babyboogerfamily
Subject: Electronic Tongue Jack
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2018 at 12:16pm
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Our 176T has an electronic tongue jack, which is great until the battery has no charge and you can't plug into an electrical hookup. Is there a manual override? When hooked up the vehicle it won't run if the battery dead.
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2018 at 3:41pm
You should have gotten a manual crank with it. You usually just have to remove a panel to expose the socket that the crank goes into for manual operation.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: wthoms2000
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 1:28am
There's a rubber plug on the top of the electric jack where the manual crank goes...
Have fun!
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Porta Poddy
Wil and Luz, Orange County, CA
2017.5 179 HRE
2021 Ranger XLT FX4
REDARC Brake Controller
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 11:43am
I have to remove two screws to get at the manual crank socket on ours: the bubble level covers up the hole.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: Andy
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 12:27pm
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I had a pop-up camper in the past that had an electronic wench to raise and lower the sides and the one time the battery died I jumped the trailer battery with the TV and it provided enough power to operate it. I have not had to try that with our 179. I did not receive a crank from the dealer; another oversight on their part.
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2018 at 2:47pm
Originally posted by Andy
I had a pop-up camper in the past that had an electronic wench to raise and lower the sides and the one time the battery died I jumped the trailer battery with the TV and it provided enough power to operate it. I have not had to try that with our 179. I did not receive a crank from the dealer; another oversight on their part. |
Hi-Lo? My family had one when I was a teenager. My dad had to replace cables a time or two.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: fognet
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2018 at 2:29pm
Why not just back your vehicle up an hook power from it to trailer. After just a few minutes of charge your electric tongue Jack should work fine.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
James Fredericktown, MO 2019 RP 176. Previous RP 180. TV Toyota Highlander. 19 MPG while towing.
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Posted By: babyboogerfamily
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2018 at 5:04pm
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The hookup from the vehicle doesn't charge the battery. Learned that the hard way. Not on our model anyways.
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2018 at 5:42pm
That's not good. You need to check that out. The capability is there, perhaps your tow vehicle is the culprit. I know with some GM products it was necessary to add a fuse. But I think you want your TV to charge your TT batt.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: fognet
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2018 at 5:45pm
If the 7 pin hookup is properly wired your vehicle will charge the R-pod battery.
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
James Fredericktown, MO 2019 RP 176. Previous RP 180. TV Toyota Highlander. 19 MPG while towing.
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2018 at 5:47pm
Originally posted by fognet
If the 7 pin hookup is properly wired your vehicle will charge the R-pod battery.
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Properly wired sometimes involves installing a fuse or breaker in the tow vehicle. I have read that some models have it in the glove box and it needs to be installed before the TV will supply power to the trailer.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...
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Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2018 at 5:56pm
+1, wired and capable are 2 different things. I know with my GM products I had to a fuse to the under hood fuse box. The wiring was there but the fuse is an addition even if the trailer harness is OEM added. It's a 40A fuse that goes in that charge circuit. Just because you have a factory installed 7 pin doesn't mean you have a charge capability. As you look at your 7 pin on vehicle it will or should have 12V at the 1:00 position. It should follow alternator output.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: fognet
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2018 at 8:02pm
I wired my own and placed the big fuses that are required. Keeps everything charged
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The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
James Fredericktown, MO 2019 RP 176. Previous RP 180. TV Toyota Highlander. 19 MPG while towing.
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Posted By: babyboogerfamily
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 7:54am
Originally posted by mcarter
That's not good. You need to check that out. The capability is there, perhaps your tow vehicle is the culprit. I know with some GM products it was necessary to add a fuse. But I think you want your TV to charge your TT batt. |
I have a 2001 Ford F150?
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 8:41am
You probably need a relay and a fuse. Some Fords had the wiring and components in the glove box, others it is inside the passenger kick panel. GM did same thing, has the wiring but the fuse has to be added. There is a F150 Forum that is very informative, but a quick stop at a dealer would probably get you an answer. Just because you have a trailer tow package doesn't mean that 12V wiring is hooked up. I read somewhere once that dealers leave that wiring out because the 12V pin in the 7 way can corrode if not used. I don't know. Was your 7 pin connector dealer installed?
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 8:50am
Originally posted by babyboogerfamily
Originally posted by mcarter
That's not good. You need to check that out. The capability is there, perhaps your tow vehicle is the culprit. I know with some GM products it was necessary to add a fuse. But I think you want your TV to charge your TT batt. |
I have a 2001 Ford F150? |
I believe (but I'm not sure) that F-150s prior to 2015 have a relay that needs to be installed. There may also be a fuse.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2018 at 8:51am
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpUrkmAmz5g This truck is a 2000 F150.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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