Live in Travellers Rest and need an auto electrician? This semi-rural pocket at the edge of Greater Launceston has room for floats, trailers and a ute or two, so towing and acreage vehicles drive most of the work.
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- Area: Meander Valley, Meander Valley Council (small part in Northern Midlands Council)
- Neighbours: Prospect Vale, Blackstone Heights, Hadspen, Westwood, Longford
- Main roads: Bass Highway, Meander Valley Road (B54), Pateena Road (C531)
- Typical work: horse float and trailer brake wiring, 7-pin trailer plugs, driving lights for highway merges, ride-on mower and quad batteries, towbar wiring on new vehicles
Common auto electrical jobs in Travellers Rest
Travellers Rest sits between Prospect Vale and Hadspen, where the Bass Highway and Meander Valley Road both cross the locality, with the South Esk River on its north-western side. Bigger blocks mean more towing and more machines that sit between uses.
Electric brakes for floats and heavier trailers
A loaded horse float or tandem trailer can easily need its own brakes, and those brakes only work as well as the controller and wiring behind them. Common faults include a controller that was never set for the load, a broken brake wire under the drawbar and corroded magnets. A brake controller should be mounted firmly, wired with the right cable size and adjusted with the trailer loaded. Our guide on installing an electric brake controller explains the steps.
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Trailer plugs that live outside
When a float or trailer is parked in a paddock or beside a shed, its plug sits out in the rain and frost. Moisture gets into the pins and the earth connection corrodes, and the result is lights that flicker or brakes that only work some of the time. A plug cover, a quick spray of contact cleaner and keeping the plug off the ground make a real difference. Replace any plug with cracked housings or green pins.
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Seeing clearly onto the highway
Pulling out from Pateena Road or Meander Valley Road onto faster traffic at dusk is where good lighting counts. Utes and tow vehicles here often benefit from driving lights for the darker rural stretches. They must be wired through a relay, come on only with high beam and be aimed properly so they don't dazzle oncoming drivers. Check that your trailer's tail and indicator lights are bright enough to be seen too.
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Mowers and quads that sit between jobs
Acreage in Travellers Rest usually means a ride-on mower, a quad or a small tractor, and their small batteries go flat quickly when left over winter. A battery left flat for weeks may never recover full capacity. Disconnect it or fit a small maintainer during the off-season, and check that the charging system is actually working once the machine is running again. Our guide on how to charge a car battery applies to these batteries too.
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Travellers Rest auto electrical questions
Does my horse float need electric brakes?
Under the national vehicle standards, a trailer with an aggregate trailer mass over 750 kg needs brakes, and one over 2,000 kg needs brakes that can be operated from the driver's seat plus a breakaway system. Most loaded tandem floats fall into the braked range. Check the float's compliance plate and make sure your tow vehicle has a working, correctly set controller.
Why do my trailer lights work some days and not others?
Intermittent trailer lights are almost always a poor earth or corroded pins. The earth wire may be loose at the plug or where it bolts to the trailer frame. Clean the plug pins on both the car and trailer, check the earth connection is bare metal and tight, and look for wires rubbing through near the drawbar or springs.
Local tip for Travellers Rest
Before a weekend with the float, plug it in at home and walk around it with someone working the lights and brake controller. Ten minutes in the driveway at Travellers Rest is far easier than finding a dead indicator in the gravel at an event or on the side of the Bass Highway.
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