Quick Question solar plug

Search Amazon for SAE connector.  You can also get battery minder cables at auto parts stores.

Don't know about the Zamp socket.  There are at least a couple of theories on keeping the pod plugged into shore power while in storage.  I opt for doing it and it seems to work fine after two years.  There is a built in battery maintainer that works while on shore power.  That's all you need.  You should still check the water in the battery from time to time.  The other theory is to disconnect the battery, maybe remove it, and put it on a charger for about 24 hours a month.  That seems to me a good plan if your pod is stored remotely without access to shore power.

I think the Zamp socket is mainly for solar to recharge batteries while camping, but I'm sure there are other ways to take advantage of it.

You want to keep the pod in the garage with the running lights on??  That's a new one to me.  (Why?) You'd have to run 12v in through the bargman connector, as far as I know.  Zamp or shore power won't help directly, other than to counteract a significant drain on the battery.

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Well I keep the pod in my very ample sized garage.  When I bought the 179  I noticed the service guys that were doing the set up check had a small fuse inserted in two of the connections in the female trailer plug thereby testing the tail and running lights.  It looks cool sitting there all lit up in my garage and wiih it being all LED bulbs I figure a small drain?

The next thing would be to check the continuity of the solar plug wires back to their battery connections. I do not believe that wire is fused, but do not know for sure.

Found the problem. The Forest River Employee that made the connection did not know what connector to use and the wires that are connected directly to the battery were dangling around in the back panel. Yikes! Clearly whoever used the connector that failed had no idea how to do it properly and should have never been working on the line. What's really cooking my noodle now is I wonder what else this person did on my POD. This isn't the first bad connection I have discovered, but this one is the most dangerous. The connector used was not even a wire nut, it was some kind of small wire like 16 or 18 gauge crimp on. It wasn't crimped...ridiculous to use such a thing on 2! 10! gauge wires connected directly to the battery. I striped the wires and made the connection using the proper wire nuts. I must say, this one kinda pisses me off.