Caravan brakes repair in Newcastle

Hi Graham. Thanks for the reply.
Breakaway system is a "Break Safe 5000" From your reply ,i take it that the battery does not get power from the caravan 12 v system. I dont run pwer from the car to the van as the solar sys is more than capable of carrying the load, and always turn the fridge off when travelling, rather than use 12v. Would have thought that as long as there is power in the house batterys, whether by solar or batt charger, the break safe system would be getting a charge. At the moment the breaksafe is showing that it is not charging. Will check fuses, but apart from that i am at a loss.
With re adjusting the brakes, i have done that but there is definately a couple of wheels that are not doing their share of breaking.
Figured that people who deal with this sort of thing regularly would be quicker to pinpoint the prob.

My Breaksafe 5000 gets power from the car ONLY, on an aux pin on a 12 pin plug,
dont know what your van is but the breaksafe doesnt get power from the van batteries on my Coromal.
I can tell as the charge light only comes on when connected to the car.

Should stay charged for months as it never really gets used unless a catastrophy
occurs.
If it is over 2 years old they recommend you change the internal battery anyway.

If you have a 12 volt power supply you can connect it to the Red and Black screw terminals on the front of the unit and that will charge the Breaksafe battery via its internal charger.

DONT connect a battery charger to these terminals ONLY A STRAIGHT POWER SUPPLY.

I had a problem with mine and tried a CTEK battery charger and it didnt work.

Flicked it over to 12v supply and it charged up overnight.

The van has been sitting since mid March and the Breaksafe still shows green when I press the button.
Can email you the instructions if you want.

Hi Graham, Will make up a set of jumper leads in the morning and try that.
With regards the brakes on the van , i have been told that surface rust can play up with the magnets on the brke mechanism so will have a look there as well.
Appreciate the reply.
Den