Mistakenly pulled breakaway cable
One of us mistakenly leashed our high energy dog to the breakaway cable. Of course he pulled the entire insert from its box. I was able to put insert back in, but my question is what should I ex...
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Hi,
I think that putting the control back together is the only thing to do.
When the breakaway pin is pulled, it applies a full 12 volts to the brakes (if the RV is plugged in, then about 13.4 volts) and that is a lot more stress on the magnets than they normally get. In normal application, light braking is only about 5-8 volts, while a panic stop might be as high as 10 volts to the magnets, and only for a few seconds at a time. Hopefully the magnets did not stay on for more than about 5-10 minutes.
You might need to have the brakes checked. If you have a portable compos, you can hold it near a tire, with someone applying the brakes manually in the cab, then N (north) should swing towards the tire while the magnet is on. If it works on say 3 of the tires, but not one, then that tire might have a melted magnet that will need to be looked at when you get back home.
Fred.
I think that putting the control back together is the only thing to do.
When the breakaway pin is pulled, it applies a full 12 volts to the brakes (if the RV is plugged in, then about 13.4 volts) and that is a lot more stress on the magnets than they normally get. In normal application, light braking is only about 5-8 volts, while a panic stop might be as high as 10 volts to the magnets, and only for a few seconds at a time. Hopefully the magnets did not stay on for more than about 5-10 minutes.
You might need to have the brakes checked. If you have a portable compos, you can hold it near a tire, with someone applying the brakes manually in the cab, then N (north) should swing towards the tire while the magnet is on. If it works on say 3 of the tires, but not one, then that tire might have a melted magnet that will need to be looked at when you get back home.
Fred.
