Auto Reset Circuit Breakers
Have been told that the electrical motors on Lippert Stab jacks should stop when the motor current rises causing the 12VDC auto resetting circuit breaker to pop (or you take your finger off the button...
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ktmrfs wrote:brulaz wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
IMHO toss any autoreset breakers in the trailer and replace them with the same footprint "push to reset" or remove and reinsert to reset type. they cost very little more and AFAIK for every autoreset, a manual reset version is available. yes, a little more inconvienent but WAY safer.
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Manually reset the breaker after every opening and closing of the slide?
Some trailers have 4 slides and 2 electric stab jacks.
breakers should NOT ever trip when using the slide. I've opened/closed my slides hundreds of times and NEVER had a breaker trip.
OK. So back to my original question.
Everybody seems to agree that that these breakers are not used to control the motors.
So what stops the slide/stab jack motor if you continue to hold the button down when the slide reaches it min/max extent? The motors do cut-off automatically.
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I've found the wiring diagram for the Lippert electronic wireless remote control receiver in my trailer, and it looks like the manual controls are wired in parallel to the receiver. And these trailers are sold without that wireless receiver anyway, so I'm thinking that centralized electronic motor control via the receiver is not the answer.
Over limit control built-in to the motors? My tongue jack has a mechanical clutch that gives way, but it doesn't turn off the motor.
And I just found the installation instructions for the Lippert electric stabilization jacks. It says: "The supplied 6A reset breaker must be wired in line to rear stabilizer jack" but doesn't say anything about whether it's used routinely or only exceptionally.
