Electric tongue Jack blows fuses
New trailer came with a Barker VIP 3500 tongue Jack. It blows the fuse (30A) when I reverse direction. If I stop and wait a moment before reversing direction, fuse doesn't blow. Other than this, the j...
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bgum wrote:
The fix is easy. Just don't do it. Electric tongue jacks are unreliable. I have a new jack in the garage that was replaced by a manual crank type. The Electric all are subject to moisture intrusion in the switches.
25 years of use of electric tongue jacks, probably 50-100 times/year, two trailers= 50 "trailer years of use" Electric tongue jack failures= Zip. Can they fail? yes, but I'd hardly put them in the "unreliable" category. And when I have 1500 lbs on the tongue, manual jack is NOT to my liking.
