How to wire a breakaway switch alarm??
Here's an interesting problem for the folks familiar with wiring challenges........from someone with skills on the mechanical side. A few weeks ago we set up the travel trailer early in the afterno...
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While I won't hassle you about the necessity of this,I am an engineer who deals with safety hardware in complex systems and I will advise against touching the brake circuit all together. Unless you are using safety rated parts,, and have a clear bulletproof design, you can do much more harm than good modifying this important circuit. Something shorts out, you lose your brakes and you don't know it? Something shorts out and destroys the brake unit in your tow vehicle?
Think like a pilot. Check lists. I use one to make sure I forgot nothing when hooking up or unhooking the trailer. Every time. That came out of an incident where I didn't plug the electrical 7 pin connector in all the way and it fell out. In less than 1/2 mile I destroyed the connector cable between TV and trailer. Not hard to fix but sure screwed up that weekend.
I would also check that module that is attached to the safety cable. It should not easily pull out. Perhaps the spring that keeps the system from accidentally energizing is weak or broken within the unit.
tim
Think like a pilot. Check lists. I use one to make sure I forgot nothing when hooking up or unhooking the trailer. Every time. That came out of an incident where I didn't plug the electrical 7 pin connector in all the way and it fell out. In less than 1/2 mile I destroyed the connector cable between TV and trailer. Not hard to fix but sure screwed up that weekend.
I would also check that module that is attached to the safety cable. It should not easily pull out. Perhaps the spring that keeps the system from accidentally energizing is weak or broken within the unit.
tim
