Breakaway Switch Melted/Burnt
Airstream 2015 Flying Cloud 27FB Well, Friday night our house washing machine broke down and today wanted to tow the trailer to our house to load up /clean tank/ for our trip starting next friday. ...
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bucky wrote:
OB I respect your opinion almost always so please explain how the brake shoes know that the trailer is moving.
Hi Bucky,
The magnets are mounted on the brake pad plate, once the magnets are energized, the brake pads depend on the rotation of the wheel to move the brake pads out to contact the drum. If the wheel is not moving, there is no movement of the brake pads, therefor no braking occurs. It cannot happen if the trailer is standing still.
Take a look at the pictures in this post and you will see why. There used to be an animated diagram showing how the brakes work but I cannot find it right now. If I do, will post in in this thread.
Barney
