Landing Gear not working with switch/motor
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Jul-16-2017 04:56 PM
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Jul-17-2017 04:58 PM
bluetrain wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. Well I got them to work after turning the battery switch to on. I am hooked up to power but the gear won't move without the battery turned on. Is this normal?
Depends. Usually the jacks and slide are wired directly to the battery and are not disconnected by the trailer's "battery disconnect switch"
That switch will isolate the battery from the converter though, so on shore power the converter can't do one of its jobs-- maintaining the battery. Scenarios vary, but it is often better to leave the battery on the converter.
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Jul-17-2017 04:37 PM
bluetrain wrote:
I am hooked up to power but the gear won't move without the battery turned on. Is this normal?
YES. Normal.
Motor might run off your 120 VAC ==> 12 VDC converter, but won't carry a load without the battery.
Glad you got it working. Hope you didn't change parts you didn't need.
Many with Landing Gear or Tongue Jack, have the Trailer Connector plugged in and the truck running. But in ANY event, you need the Trailer Battery charged up and connected.
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Jul-17-2017 12:28 PM
Yes, in many situation an auto-resetting circuit breaker is beneficial.
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Jul-16-2017 06:06 PM
As asked above, please post Make/Model of the Landing Gear. Sure sounds like there's a shear pin/key of some kind in there.
I looked at repair parts for Lippert and Bulldog, both had Roll Pins in the kits. If it only needs a pin or key, hardware stores and big boxes have that stuff. I helped a camper repair his HappiJack truck camper jacks, and the parts he got at the hardware store seemed better than the ones that arrived from HappiJack a couple days later. My part was to cut the hardware store roll pins to the right length. A "bi-metal" hacksaw blade will cut those split roll pins, and it sure helps to have a vise.
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Jul-16-2017 05:14 PM
Might help to say which landing gear you have, as there are "exploded" diagrams on line to show how the motor goes onto the gear box etc
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