At 12:49 PM 8/30/97 -0400, Dick Campagna wrote:
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>> From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
>> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
>> Subject: Electical problems with trailer :-P
>> Date: Saturday, August 30, 1997 1:08 AM
>> It seems like every time I pull my Haulmark trailer, I get electrical
>> problems. Its an enclosed 20' trailer that uses the round, 7 way barden
>> (varden?) plug.
>(stuff snipped)
>Many trailer lighting problems result from a bad ground. Many folks try to
>ground the trailer through the coupler-to-hitchball contact, but that's not
>effective, and can cause the type of unpredictable problems you're having.
>Make sure that a ground wire goes from your vehicle to one of the
>connections on the female connector, and from the trailer frame to its male
>connector. This could very well solve your problem.
>Dick C.
>
Thanks, I'll check that out. I took a look at my truck, and there is a
ground wire coming from the plug. I don't have the trailer here, but
I'll check for a ground on it too.
-Jon-
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