Breakaway Switch
Purchased trailer 1989 and has breakaway switch mounted. No pin....which is odd...because the brakes should be locked? Maybe it's rigged not to? It is wired to my 12 volt battery. When to Napa and guy...
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cs2kplus wrote:
@mkirsch: It has a blue/black/white wire. On the original it has 2 black wires. I have not wired yet. I assume white goes to frame ground and blue/black are wired to wiring tht was in original switch? I have to play around with it some more.
But great advice as usual by all!!!
I will follow up again soon.
No the white does not go to ground. A switch breaks a circuit only.
E-trailer has diagrams on how to wire a brakeaway switch. Basically the positive 12VDC wire coming from the trailer battery is connected directly to one end of the brakeaway switch. The other end of the brakeaway switch is connected to the wire that is going to the trailer brakes.
When hooked correctly, with the pin in the brakeaway switch (Which is open)you are able to drive. If the pin is pulled the brakeaway switch closes and applies 12VDC to the brake magnets and stops the trailer.
I hope that this will help you.
