Goldstream Star 2 Camper electrics

Mine has a 3 way switch, battery, car and both which I use all the time. It connects the anderson plug at the front to the camper battery ( and everything else).

Surely the anderson plug can be connected to the camper battery, otherwise how does it charge when traveling?

The 12v for the fridge is wired totally sperately. It comes from the aux / reverse pin on the 7 pin plug. It is supposed to only be powered when the car is running. The cable is not large enough and I will replace it ( one day). It is thicker than the other wires though.

I am making some rough guesses here as I can't actually see your wiring... Does the charger run off 240 Volts or does it have a 12 Volt input? Is the input hard wired in already? If it is, then it probably wired to the trailer plug. One way to find out... You will need to check if your trailer plug on the vehicle has a hot wire connected to pin 2 first. hook it all up, use multi meter to check batt voltage at the van batt. eg 12.0V. Then start car (with the idle up) check batt volts again... if 13.8+volts then its getting the charge from your vehicle. 4mm seems pretty light though for a "hot wire". Hope this helps,
regards

There is no standard for any companies products and any way the owners often modify them during their ownership. Suggest you trace out the wiring even if you have to pull things apart a little. Often having someone to assist helps.

If the cable from pin 2 is 4 mm auto cable then the fridge will not operate very effectively on that. There is probably only around 2 sq mm of coper in the cable. SeeSite Link. You will probably need around 6 sq mm cable to operate the fridge effectively. Then when you upgrade the cable you will have to upgrade the trailer plug and socket if you have the small round one ot the flat 7 pin one - their contacts are only rated to carry 5 A - not the 10 - 15 A that the fridge will draw. If you have the flat 7 pin then upgrade to the 12 pin model, that way you will be able to plug other trailers with 7 pin flat plugs into that and not have to install 2 sockets.

PeterD

Hi Pembytom,

I ask this question a few months back as I have a 2007 Goldstream Storm off-road camper trailer.

I contacted Goldstream directly and they cannot supply a wiring diagram for their trailers!

Mine hasn't got a battery fitted, and I wanted to install one, but they were less than helpful when I ask for a wiring diagram. Not available they said. I'm in the process of cct testing and annotating all the wires in the hope I can decipher their schematics, including battery switching.

I bought their product because I believe it was better than the Jayco equivilant (in my case I could have bought the Jayco product for $17,000 LESS), but in my opinion, their after sales service SUCKS in this respect - and I told them so. That was before the the recession that is starting now.

I wonder if their attitude has changed?

Anyone from Goldstream care to comment?

Or better still email me a wiring diagram of a 2007 Goldstream Storm camper, and I might even change my mind!

Matt