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auer: You may have what is called a sealed lead acid battery. These are also found on security and safety lighting systems as backup power. They are basically garbage like Joel pointed out. If you ask me they're there only to appease a DOT inspector or a knowledgeable cop.
Your battery will be charged one of two ways IF your trailer hitch connector on the vehicle side has a dedicated circuit there in the connector--positive 12v "always on" (my dump trailer uses a wet lead acid battery to power the hdyraulics AND the break away brake switch).
OR like my equipment trailer has, the battery is wired into the brake system and is charged whenever I apply the brakes from the vehicle. (well it would be if I had a battery---shhhhh!)
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Auer: I'm sure it does
I should have said that it also known as a sealed (gel) lead acid battery. Years ago in my offroading days a "gel cell battery" was actually a battery made like a capacitor-- several spirally wound cells encapsulated in a sealed container; no lead, no acid per se.
When doing the finish cleanup work on some ponds I was doing, the walls were so vertical that the acid in the wet cell battery was draining out. So I put a "gel cell" on my CUT. Optima is one maker. They're sold on eBay and at local autosupplys.
EDIT: Guess what guys I'm wrong. The Optima is NOT a gell (gel) cell, and it DOES have lead only it's in thin sheets in the spiral. The electrolyte is a paste. As was mentioned before these are called AGM batteries (absorbed glass mat)
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Tommy--you should check it hitched to the truck. Be sure the trailer wire harness is NOT connected.
All you do is remove the break away cable from the switch. Then try to drive away for about 5 feet with the trailer in tow. If it is working the tires should skid or stop the truck. (This test assumes the brakes are adjusted properly and the trailer brakes are cold, and the brakes are in good working order, as are the wiring and battery)
And be sure to remove the PTO this time---I'm jis' sayin'
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