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Taitsx4

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Mar 9, 2002, 1:23:38 PM3/9/02
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I have a 2000 Colman Santa Fe cp that I want to install a breakaway swith on,
The trailer wireing came stock with three wires coming out of the trailer, a
hot and ground wire for the battery and one extra wire (blue).
My question is: Does this extra wire go to the breaks? Do I connect the
breakaway switch to this wire and the battery?
Any info would help.
Thanks,
DT.
2000 Colman Santa Fe cp
99 Dodge Ram

Dale & Betty

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Mar 9, 2002, 5:10:41 PM3/9/02
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Yes, one side of the switch would go to the + side of the battery
and the other side would go to the blue wire. A rhetorical
question: do you have brakes installed on the trailer? I posed
the question because our Cheyenne has the blue wire on the tongue
but it is waving in the breeze at the axle - no trailer breaks.
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Dale & Betty
97 Coleman Cheyenne
97 Toyota T100

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John Davies

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Mar 9, 2002, 10:20:47 PM3/9/02
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On 09 Mar 2002 18:23:38 GMT, tai...@cs.com (Taitsx4) wrote:

>I have a 2000 Colman Santa Fe cp that I want to install a breakaway swith on,
>The trailer wireing came stock with three wires coming out of the trailer, a
>hot and ground wire for the battery and one extra wire (blue).
> My question is: Does this extra wire go to the breaks? Do I connect the
>breakaway switch to this wire and the battery?
> Any info would help.

Assuming that your trailer actually has brakes, it should already have
a breakaway switch installed. That is "code" in the USA for electric
brakes. If you installed the brakes yourself, then wire the switch as
another poster advised - battery positive to switch to blue wire. I
suggest a weather proof inline fuse in the positive wire - 10 or 15
amps. But that blue wire needs to go to your brake controller as well,
or there isn't much point in having those brakes..

Be sure to attach the lanyard to an immovable part of the tow vehicle,
NOT the hitch bar. That way if your bar comes out of the receiver, the
brakes will activate instantly. And remember to check the switch for
security before every trip, and test it now and then by pulling the
lanyard and checking that the brakes come on hard. Don't leave them
energized more than a minute or two - they draw about 6 amps per pair
and will quickly drain the battery. It is not intended to be a parking
brake.


John Davies
Monroe WA USA

2001 Saab 9-5 Aero Wagon
2000 Audi A4 quattro 1.8T
1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4x4

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