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WARNING
The cover of the silencer can get very hot
when driving. You could burn your foot if, for
example, you step on this cover in order to
connect/disconnect the cables and
compressed-air lines. There is a risk of injury.
Never step on the cover of the silencer.
General notes
When operating additional consumers on your
trailer/semitrailer, make sure that no overload-
ing occurs. If you fit several reversing lamps on
the trailer/semitrailer, for example, the revers-
ing lamps may fail as a result of overloading.
Arrangement of connections
Connections for semitrailer (example: semitrailer
tractor vehicle)
Connections for trailer (example: platform truck)
Trailers/semitrailers
Example: duomatic coupling, front
Connecting cables and compressed-air
lines
Arrange the cables and compressed-air
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lines in such a way that they easily yield to all
movements without tension, kinking or fric-
tion when cornering, etc. Before connecting
the cable, make sure the voltage rating of the
consumer equipment on the trailer is correct.
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With dual coupling head: push down and hold
the lever at dual coupling head B.
X
With dual coupling head: connect the
compressed-air lines.
X
With dual coupling head: swing upwards and
release the lever at dual coupling head B.
X
Without dual coupling head: connect brake
line coupling head : (yellow).
X
Without dual coupling head: connect supply
line coupling head ; (red).
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The shutoff valves in the coupling heads
open automatically when the connection is
made.
X
Trailers with adjustable brake-pressure regu-
lator: adjust the brake-pressure regulator on
the trailer after connecting the compressed-
air line (see the trailer operating instructions).
X
Semitrailer tractor vehicle: connect 24 V (15
pin) power supply plug ? to the trailer.
X
Platform truck: connect the power supply of
the trailer to 24 V (15 pin) socket ?.
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On trailers with a 12 V power supply: use
12 V (13 pin) trailer power socket C.
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Turn signal monitoring is also active when
using LED tail lamps. A system failure is indi-
cated by the lamps flashing at double the fre-
quency or by a display message in the driver
information system.
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