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PAThwacker
Explorer
Oct 25, 2015

Accidentally destroyed my emergency brake controller pluger

Major Screwup: I accidentally caught my breakaway cable under my tongue jack pad, raised the camper up off the hitch and ripped plunger downward and out of box. I cut the cables to it and should...
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RoyB
Explorer II
Oct 25, 2015
If the plunger got pulled out this will drain your trailer battery real quick. Each brake magnet on your trailer will draw 3AMPS DC current when 12VDC is applied.

The BRAKE MAGNETS are not designed to have 12VDC on them for a very long period as well. This may burn them up leaving 12VDC on them for any long length of time.

I use ETRAILER.COM for all of my trailer electrical items. I can also use the ETRAILER parts numbers and order through AMAZON as well. Get two day service doing this...

Roy Ken

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