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Old 05-30-2016, 12:13 PM   #1
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Blowing fuse!

Never had a problem last summer, but this weekend I blew two 30 amp fuses while raising tongue jack. I had to use a 20 amp fuse to get jack down, because I was out of 30's.

I think the solution is to not run the jack to the stop!

Any ideas?

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Old 05-30-2016, 01:12 PM   #2
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Lots of people replace the fuse with reseting circuit breaker fuses.
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Old 05-30-2016, 01:27 PM   #3
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That just recently happened with me. I'm a bit baffled myself but I replaced the fuse and it hasn't happened since. Curious if any electrical gurus have an answer
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After I blew the last 30amp fuse I had, I ordered a bag of 30, 30amp fuses for $4.88 on Amazon. No, I won't need all of them, but they were cheap.

Plus, I'll have one to give if a camper next to me blows his! It might be you.
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Never had a problem last summer, but this weekend I blew two 30 amp fuses while raising tongue jack. I had to use a 20 amp fuse to get jack down, because I was out of 30's.

I think the solution is to not run the jack to the stop!

Any ideas?

Thanks.!
So this happened to me today. I was installing a fastway flip foot and while going up and down without loading up the Jack, the fuse just blew. I have no explanation. I have a Barker VIP 3500 Tongue Jack and that also has a 30 amp fuse. It is a slow blow fuse though. I think I'm going to take Jagiven's advice and switch to a 30 amp breaker. I think exercising my tongue Jack up and down while installing the flip foot may have heated the fuse and blew it. Funny thing is, the 30 amp fuse didn't look blown. I had to put a meter to it and it was open.
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Old 05-30-2016, 04:19 PM   #6
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I like the idea of circuit breaker,. My fuses were $1 each. So a trip to a salvage yard is in order.
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I have had the same problem. Once with the tongue jack and once with my rear slide it's the 30 amp fuse just under the battery tray. Took me forever to find that fuse.
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Some of those self resetting breakers have a time delay on them so be patient!
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Same for me, did the panel check, then thought, there has to be one near the battery. Yup!
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Here is where I bought mine:

Del City - Electrical Supplies & Professional Grade Wiring Products

Also bought weather cover for it.

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Old 05-30-2016, 10:34 PM   #11
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Your solution is a correct one. Used to do the same thing myself. I got a piece of red tape and put it where I want it to stop. That way it doesnt max out and I quit going through fuses. Its been working for awhile now.
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I will do the same tonight.

I wonder if the slide out is powered by the same fuse. Between the two, jack and slide, folding up and bottoming both out, one weakens, one blows the fuse.?
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Old 05-31-2016, 06:49 AM   #13
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Take it for what it's worth; on my last trailer the only time I had an issue with the tongue jack fuse blowing is when I connected the 12V wiring harness to the truck without first disconnecting the 120V shore power. It seemed like having 2 power sources connected was the issue, so I don't ever do that anymore. My current trailer has not ever blown the fuse (yet) and I exercise it to the limit switch (full travel).
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Me personally think the stock electric tounge jacks are garbage. Another upgrade to the trailer is in the future.
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