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BogMonster



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A bit OT - Ifor tipper
A quick question - if you have an Ifor Williams tipper fitted with 13 pin electrics, does it charge the tipper battery off the vehicle when it is running?

My vehicles have 7 pin electrics but the Ifor has 13 - I just have an adaptor at present but wondered if it was worth changing to 13. At the moment I just charge it manually (I have a solar panel that I attach to the trailer when it is parked up) but if you are using it a few times in a day I guess the battery must get well down.

I've never seen it mentioned anywhere so perhaps the answer is no. ---
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Mine's not used enough to warrant it but it’s a good idea, I keep a few batteries charged up with me ring charger Thumbs Up
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The solar sounds a good idea Thumbs Up
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BogMonster



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The solar works well for occasional use. It's actually an old electric fence energiser that packed up, but the solar panel and charge regulator was still OK, so I dismantled it and put a few feet of cable in and a matching plug inside the control box. I can charge it anywhere (handy as it is usually parked >100m from the nearest power) but it takes a few days as the solar panel only puts out a couple of amps max.

The bit that it doesn't solve is charging while operating, hence the question. ---
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Herdwick



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As far as I can tell - no, it doesnt charge the battery.

We do most of our distance towing on our tipper using a vehicle with a 13pin connection, and the battery still loses charge (Does not charge), in exactly the same way when connected via an adapter to the 7pin on our Defender.

Unless - the 13 pin is not wired correctly for that on the car, had it from new, but its a Cayenne. Embarassed
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discomog



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If you look at the 13pin plug on your IW trailer you'll see that it only has 8 pins - so the answer is no. I'm in the process of rewiring one of my IW trailers to replace the 8 core cable with 13 core and replace the 8 pin plug with a "proper" 13 pin plug.

It annoys me that they don't offer the option of 13 core/13 pin plugs and cable when ordering a new trailer. Whistle Defender 90XS SW
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BogMonster



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Herdwick wrote:
As far as I can tell - no, it doesnt charge the battery.

We do most of our distance towing on our tipper using a vehicle with a 13pin connection, and the battery still loses charge (Does not charge), in exactly the same way when connected via an adapter to the 7pin on our Defender.

Unless - the 13 pin is not wired correctly for that on the car, had it from new, but its a Cayenne. Embarassed


OK thanks - oh well, back to the solar then. Interestingly while trying to find out if the trailers charged, I came across a patent IW applied for around a trailer charging system, I guess they just don't bother to use it!

https://patents.google.com/patent/GB2522036A/en

I must admit I hadn't looked at the plug as it's been in a 7 pin adaptor since I bought it.... ---
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No they don’t. Youcan fit an Anderson plug and connect both batteries that way. It’s annoying battery access particularly loaded is so bad when you’ve just the hand pump and a bed full of stone
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BogMonster



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I fixed that problem with a lead and a socket inside the control box so I can plug in a charger with the bed down - it's a complete pain otherwise. With the solar charger I can charge it anywhere it is parked, it's just when I am using it that the capacity is a concern.

Which reminds me - must go and give it a top up before the winter! ---
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discomog wrote:
If you look at the 13pin plug on your IW trailer you'll see that it only has 8 pins - so the answer is no. I'm in the process of rewiring one of my IW trailers to replace the 8 core cable with 13 core and replace the 8 pin plug with a "proper" 13 pin plug.

It annoys me that they don't offer the option of 13 core/13 pin plugs and cable when ordering a new trailer. Whistle


One of my current grievances with the 13 pin system is that nobody seems to make a fully wired 13 pin "curly" cable!
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ickle



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On my old 100" bitsa I had a 2" receiver hitch for the tow bar plus a winch mounted on a 2" box powered by an adjacent Anderson socket.

I then made up a welding cable Anderson / Anderson lead and fitted another plug to the Ifor Tipper so it would charge at a good rate whilst driving, or even lift off the 100" battery if my mate had flattened it using it with his Disco.

I also made a short lead Anderson to croc clips so I had a rear mounted jump start socket either from or to the 100"

I was working at an establishment that had a good supply of welding cable, Anderson sockets, clips etc.....

I now try and remember to charge the new Ifor, I think its less work.

Keith
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