Re: Trailer Plug
Post by barrman on Aug 25, 2006, 3:36pm

I took it apart since the above post. The "contact board" which the different levers move the contacts against was all burned up. Lots of visible arcing signs. This has to be why the fire department started hacking up my wiring all those years ago.

The unlock "arm" was still attached and had places to engage the main switch. The unlock lever and arm are connected by a bolt with a nut on it. That nut was about 1/2 turn from falling off. That is why the unlock didn't work. I also had a lot of little black plastic pieces floating around inside the switch. Basically, it was toasted.