PowerBrake Installation Manual
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1. TRAILER SCHEMATIC POWERBRAKE INSTALLATION MANUAL eT Te AI E a i Co a e ws Failsafe Spring Loaded Braking System Independent to working brakes TT ull aiin il Il Automatically Applies Brakes in the Event of a Breakaway Automatically Applies Hand Brake when detached from Tractor Unit Emergency Stop Unit can be fitted to the Tractor where necessary 40 km hr Brakes in the Event of the Tractor Stalling on an Incline Me WIRE ROPE fee HYDRAULIC HOUSE The POWERBRAKE can be easily fitted to most Trailers One Simple 12 Volt connection to Tractor Unit T RECS EIFE TH EXISTING BRAKE LINE Extremely Low Maintenance FITTING INSTRUCTIONS A The POWER BRAKE should be positioned on the main tow bar with the pulley wheel side facing towards the brake levers and axels and away from the towing hitch The Pulley wheel should preferably be placed between 800 mm and 2000 mm from the front axel and should also be in a position where the wire rope will not be fouled by the chassis There should be a minimum of 3 x 5 cm welds on each side of the folded plate B The hydraulic cylinder on the POWER BRAKE must be hydraulically attached to the existing working brake Hydraulic line This can be done by cutting the line and placing a T piece fitting to the line and bringing a 3 8 hose form this fitting direct to the cylinder This cylinder will now be charged wh2. en the working brakes are applied C The 3 pin 12 Volt plug and the CE top plug can now be wired ensuring there is the correct amount of cable to reach the Tractor socket Excess wire should be avoided and all cable should be secured with ties to prevent damage Full care should be taken that all connection are tight and secure The 12 volt plug can be connected supplying power to the solenoid valve D The POWER BRAKE cylinder can now be powered out by pressing the brake pedal this will extend the springs to a stretched position Once the POWER BRAKE has been powered out to its full 130 mm there is no need to keep pressing the brake pedal as the 12 volt valve will now hold the cylinder in place E The wire rope can now be attached to the brake disc lever and passed through the eye on the front of the POWER BRAKE lt can now returned to the opposite side lever and clamped using the U bolts supplied Any excess wire rope should be trimmed to avoid damage It is important that the wire rope is clamped when the POWER BRAKE cylinder is in the fully out position and that all slack has removed from the wire rope F Tocheck your POWER BRAKE simply disconnect the 12 Volt plug from the tractor socket SD The POWER BRAKE cylinder should retract sharply until the disc lever are fully pulled The brakes are now applied G To release the brakes simply reconnect the 12 Volt plug and press the Tractor unit brake pedal for 3 4 sec
3. onds Your Brakes are now off and your trailer is free to move OPTIONAL EXTRAS EMERGENCY STOP An EMERGENCY STOP kit ts also available this unit needs no wiring and is simply plugged into the tractor socket and the POWER BRAKE is plugged into the socket on the EMERGENCY This unit will activate the POWER BRAKE at any time when pressed This unit is supplied as an optional extra however it is recommended that this unit is used in order to benefit from all the aspects of the POWER BRAKE 12 VOLT SOCKETS 12 Volts sockets Suit 3 pin plug are also available for older tractor units TECHNICAL DATA HYDRAULIC CONNECTIONS MINIMUM HYDRAULIC PRESSURE VOLTAGE G P L S PRIMER
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