Questions 1. does the switch have to be covered to prevent water/mud ingress? There is nothing extra provided other than the switch & battery/control panel.
2. does it go on top of the A frame or the outside vertical wall?
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Warren
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Hi Warren,
I can only tell you how my van is set up.
The unit is bolted to the A frame about 500mm back from the ball.
The "key" pushes into the front of the unit on its own with no other cover.
The cord should be clipped to a part the car itself like the bumper or safety chain lugs, ie, not the slip in towbar.
Hope that helps.
Cheers Vince
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same as vince56 to of a frame but the safety cord should be fitted to a part of the tow vehicles chassis not to bumper or any part of the towbar. yes i know that the towbar is very unlikely to come adrift but that's exactly what this device is for, to cover if the very unlikely happens .
Just clipped from the breaksafe manual . NOTE* ATTACH THE BREAKAWAY CABLE TO THE REAR OF THE TOW VEHICLE USING A SECURE ANCHOR POINT. DO NOT HOOK CABLE TO TOW BALL OR SAFETY CHAIN ANCHOR.
-- Edited by outlaw40 on Friday 3rd of August 2018 09:57:14 AM
the switch has a comment "removal of the plunger pin when the unit is in storage will cause corrosion of the contacts & flattens the battery" I would have thought road slush/rain getting in might have also caused corrosion. Obviously not.
Nissan Patrols have a convenient "Tow" point at the rear so I'll hook it to that. I've seen countless cables hooked on to the tow bar - not legal, I know.
Otherwise, I could hook it to the bull bar - just joking!
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Interesting, I would have thought there would be no stronger and convenient place to hook the lead to than the safety chain lug.
Obviously a reason somewhere.....
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Yeah Vince56 I think it because it's the last safety device if you have a catastrophic failure of the towbar,there have been instances of them sheering bolts off. but i could be wrong ( just ask my wife )
-- Edited by outlaw40 on Friday 3rd of August 2018 03:06:04 PM
Mine is installed on the top of the A frame & I attach the activation wire to that 'recovery loop' on the back of my GQ.
I have had to replace two switch units in 20 years due to the ingress of moisture (and one battery). I now give it a squirt of WD40 during my regular 6 monthly mtce routine, along with the 7 pin plug/socket and the Anderson plugs.
Fine but we dont all drive 200 series and the op did not ask about a 200 series
As is quite evident by my post I was commenting on what Vince wrote and he has a 200 Landcruiser
-- Edited by Bill B on Friday 3rd of August 2018 05:01:36 PM
What ever, not everyone knows that little bit of information, or the fact that you have taken the post off topic to discuss your own vehicles specific design .
