Georgia Popcorn wrote:
On the topic of electric tongue jacks;
My battery cutoff does not cut power to the jack, is that a bad thing or is it wired wrong?
And I notice a lot folks place a bucket or a weather proof bag over the controls, is that a good thing and necessary?
The jack is normally wired directly to the battery and not to the cutoff switch.
My wife made a cover for the jack using old barbque cover material. It works great and I can operate the switches right through the cover. The reason for the cover is the sun made the plastic cover on my previous trailer very brittle and it kept breaking off in small pieces. Also, some brands of electric tongue jacks will tend to leak water and mess up the switches if left uncovered.
Here is a picture of mine. Very simple to make. :)
Barney
