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EchoGale
Senior Member Joined: 10 Mar 2019 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 462 |
Topic: Trailer lights plug Posted: 19 Aug 2020 at 1:05pm |
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Hi everyone...a little update here.
First, I am not in Florida right now. I made my annual summer trip home (with the pod) to Maine and just stayed here. I'm teaching online this term and don't need to be Florida for the heat and the virus. Yay! My SUV and the pod are at a great truck and trailer place I found not too far away. The guy is so thorough, which I appreciate. He had heard of computer built-in controllers and was willing to trace down the computer settings and various wires in my BMW to figure out for sure. He determined (as many of you thought) I do not have one (I'm shocked really). I'll be adding it by the end of the week (while also replacing the electrical plug I destroyed.) Thanks for all the help.
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Julie
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Colt
Senior Member Joined: 16 Nov 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 383 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 5:53pm | |
Miss Julie, Are you still in FL? There are 11 Gander/Campingworld stores in Florida, plus 6 BigTex Trailer dealers. Surely one is close enough to be practical. Anybody that sells commercial trailers, like flat-bed or horse trailers can fix it. A brake controller will always have an adjustment button/knob to set the trailer brakes for the trailer's weight. Here is one from BMW. I have a Redarc inertial controller. It only has one 5/8" knob sticking out of the dash.
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John
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 4:23pm | |
+2 The only way it would have one is if you purchased it used and the previous owner added it. It does not come with one from the factory.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 3:44pm | |
+1
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 3:40pm | |
The emergency breakaway system works independently from the TV brakes so that wouldn't prove anything one way or the other. I'm pretty sure you don't have a brake controller either, a quick scan of the BMW forums suggests that folks are adding them after purchase.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 3:37pm | |
Sweet.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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EchoGale
Senior Member Joined: 10 Mar 2019 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 462 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 3:34pm | |
absolutely. :)
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Julie
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 3:33pm | |
I have faith in you. Just get it checked, we all know when our brakes are working or not working, so asking concerned me. Plus I've never seen a controller that doesn't have a manual mode, I could be in left field, but better safe than sorry.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 3:31pm | |
Nope, not wrong. That's why I said you have to get the ground right, so the polarity is not reversed. Nothing bad means no arcs and sparks, not that you don't have to go through and be sure everything is connected right. Of course you do. Trial an error is sometimes necessary and can be done safely as long as you get the polarity right to start with, which can be verified with a multimeter.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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EchoGale
Senior Member Joined: 10 Mar 2019 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 462 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 3:28pm | |
I will.
But I can't believe I don't have brakes. I've towed over 8k miles at this point. Up and down mountains (albeit Eastern ones), small windey roads and bumper to bumper on the NJ turnpike. I am careful about speed but I've never felt trouble stopping. Moreover, when I first got the trailer the emergency brake release had corroded and broke loose, and the brakes engaged. But I don't mess around with safety stuff. :)
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Julie
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