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    Posted: 29 Aug 2017 at 2:21pm
Originally posted by twodues

On a wireless brake controller, the breakaway pin is wired directly to the hard wired control box mounted on the TT (the control box is wirelessly linked to the hand-held control module carried in your TV).

So how does the pin get pulled in the case of a trailer disconnect? The cable has to directly connected to the TV or it's useless.

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Posts: 2628 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Aug 2017 at 11:44am
Originally posted by Tars Tarkas

Originally posted by twodues

On a wireless brake controller, the breakaway pin is wired directly to the hard wired control box mounted on the TT (the control box is wirelessly linked to the hand-held control module carried in your TV).

So how does the pin get pulled in the case of a trailer disconnect? The cable has to directly connected to the TV or it's useless.

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I'm guessing it might have been some sort of accident when disconnecting the trailer. IOW, pulling the hitch off, and missing the little detail of removing the trailer brake clip.
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Originally posted by flaco

Would a 100W panel be enough I wonder? Beer  
As long as the parasitic drain is less than what the 100W panel puts in on an average basis. The parasitic drain that I think is "typical" is only a couple of watts or so. So the daily drain with a 2-watt load is ~~ 48 watt-hours. If your solar panel puts in 100 watts for more than a 1/2 hour, you're good.
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