I don't think you are going about in wrong, but as you might have
suspected, you are going to get some questions to be sure the situation you
are working with is understood...
Are you working with a "factory tow package on the truck"... ie.. the new
standard for the truck plug..??.
When you say the lights work, do you mean stop, turn and clearance??
When you say you don't get anything to energize with the manual test
lashup, how are you checking the magnets?? just listening for some sound??
Do the magnets energize when you pull the disconnect switch ?? (assuming
you have one)
I am not sure when Airstream switched to the "new standard", but others
will be able to come up with that ... I would suggest trying to locate the
correct terminals by back feeding the various circuits... Put the battery
on the circuit at the magnet end, and check with a meter to find the
terminal on the plug that corresponds to the brake wiring... if you can't
find a terminal that works, it is open somewhere....
There is some mystery in the wiring of my setup... the lights don't work
unless I am hitched up... ie the common ground wire in apparently not
connected somewhere... Everything works when I am hitched up and I have had
enough stuff to work on that I just haven't been curious enough to dig in
there....
At least you are not chasing an intermittent problem... as long as it stays
broken, you can find it....
Good Luck
Jim
At 08:41 AM 06/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Can someone explain to me how to test the pin connections? I took out my
>fully charged 12V battery, wired the negative side to the trailer to
>ground (#10) and tried completing the circuit by having a wire (also #10)
>connected to the positive side and inserting it into a pin - but I didn't
>energize anything. When hooked to the truck, lights work, but it doesn't
>charge the battery or activate the brakes - so plug works, but I probably
>need to rewire
>
>Do I need to a pin connection and not a bare wire - or am I completely
>going about this the wrong way?
>
>Thanks,
>Gillian
>64 Globe Trotter
Jim Clark
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