Sunday, Nov 03, 2013 at 18:34
Well here you go fisho...... your quote regarding my comments MY QUOTE "If the battery charger wasn't an important part they would not of supplied it"....... YOUR QUOTE "And the comment above by someone "because its fitted by the manufacturer it must be essential". Does that apply to your wing mirrors also?"
This shows a TOTAL lack of care or understanding on your behalf and is a bad comment showing lack of knowledge or forethought.
landseka with the advice from this
forum; he was advised he could bypass the box with and a cheap simple diode something like a 1N5404 would be ideal and was all that was needed.....
The charger is there for a reason to limit charge rates to an acceptable amount..... by bypassing the charger as mentioned below and if his house batteries were low or when they are charging there is a very good chance he would overcharge the 7ah battery destroying it...... the diode would fail due to a to higher current going through it and if the trailer did come disconnected from the tow vehicle and the break away system was activated the chances are of it working with no
battery power is ZERO.
Have you ever seen what happens when you charge a small battery with a big charge rate not designed for it....... charging a 7ah battery with 30-100 amps make them go BANG!
If it did happen and someone got injured or killed from this shonky modification heads would roll and people on this
forum may be prosecuted due to the simple fact of supply unqualified information.
This is a classic example of people not understanding the reasoning of why there is this little charger module attached to the battery.
And yes what may seem innocent may all of a sudden become criminal.......
People must be stupid if they think Tekonsha just put this module in for the hell of it when it wasn't really needed....... when they could of just used a 20cent diode....... hell perhaps some on this
forum should advise Tekonsha that they have done it wrong.
So if he followed the advice given he would of been any more wiser in knowing he had a caravan with a non operating break away system.
Maybe professionals have a better understanding and logical approach then some "i've read about it EXPERTS".
FollowupID:
801341