Break away safety cord
I am thinking that pulling the brake away cord applies fifth wheel battery power to the brake magnets. If I am connected to shore power so that I am charging my batteries, is it OK to leave this br...
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Artum Snowbird wrote:
Thanks for the quick answers, and it got me thinking about when this happens. Most often it is when someone pulls out of the hitch without having it latched.
So, if then the brakes are on full... often one might not be thinking the best in that situation... KaTHUMP... how long until brake parts actually get damaged with full voltage on? Anybody with experience... did damage occur?
Essentially it is a resistance, and current flow through the resistance, and then the wiring should take the current without damage.
The first few days I got my first trailer I couldn't figure out why the battery kept dying. I did it three times. Pulled the switch and left it pulled. Drained the battery. No other damage I was aware of, but the batteries died fairly quick.
