Posted by BarnyardEngineering on November 29, 2017 at 12:29:33 from (173.186.244.247):
In Reply to: Rippoff by design??? posted by Eldon (WA) on November 28, 2017 at 17:06:14:
The charge fuse has always been an odd non-standard fuse on GM trucks since 1999. The old "Stud #1" fuse, which they didn't even include with the truck when it was new. There was just a plastic plug in the hole. You had to go buy your own fuse and install it to enable the charge line to the trailer!
Prior to the 1999 model year, though, you were running your own wires for things like charge lines and trailer brakes.
Frankly though, GM is hedging its bets. They figure 99% of the trucks they sell won't even use the charge line, let alone have a charge need exceeding the capacity of a 12ga wire and 30A fuse. Copper's expensive, and if you can cut copper use in 1/2 by running a 12ga instead of a 8ga wire, you can save a lot of money.
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