Hi Guys
Just been wiring my trailer,got it done but Im not happy at all with the wiring.
OK,LED tail lights,licence plate plus trailer brakes.
The LEDs have a seperate cord each that runs to the tow hitch.ie 2 cables as fat as an extension lead plus a twincore for the licenceplate.Ive got a twincore for each trailerbrake to the tow hitch.
They are all neatly fixed inside the split tubing I got for the job.
Obviuously too big a bundle of cables to fit a trailer plug its the butcherd job Ive done of soldering everything together Im not happy with.Its a recipe for future wiring woes!!!!
Any ideas on some sort of junction box to neatly join all the cables into 1 7 core wire???
There are 5 earth wires that become one alone!!! Then 3 tail light wires to one,2 stop wires etc
HELP
Andrew

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LandyAndy
Black Betty 1999 TD5 Disco and matching DIY off-road trailer
Classic Rangie(her ride) warm4.6,LPG,Wolf management,F/R ARB lockers
Series3 109 202 LPG(SOLD)
The Toy Series3 109 302V8 Auto(Project)
Stage1 V8 Station wagon
Stage1 V8 Van

Andy

Just go to somewhere like Dick Smiths / Tandy etc., and buy a small project box (size to suit)

Sealed Polycarbonate Box (H2864) - Dick Smith Electronics - Australia.

and also get a plastic connector strip/terminal block (normally 12 connectors to a strip)

12-Pole Terminal Block (P4848) - Dick Smith Electronics - Australia.

Make all your terminations/connections in the box - then run simple wiring/multicore to the socket


PS After you have made all your connections - fill the box with melted candle wax - that will keep it sealed and water tight

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2002 Disco II V8 - happy as larry

Thanks Ladas
Today was a real downer in my trailer project.Just hadnt gazed into my crystal ball with the wiring,and living in a small country town when you realise you need bits it cant happen.Everything up to the all into one cable conversion is mickey mouse.
Will re-do the join when I connect up the trailer dual battery system yet to be sorted.
Andrew

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LandyAndy
Black Betty 1999 TD5 Disco and matching DIY off-road trailer
Classic Rangie(her ride) warm4.6,LPG,Wolf management,F/R ARB lockers
Series3 109 202 LPG(SOLD)
The Toy Series3 109 302V8 Auto(Project)
Stage1 V8 Station wagon
Stage1 V8 Van

I'll second those boxes as being good - we used two of them at Christmas time last year to hold the dimmers for the (computer controlled) lights.
We had one tied up in a tree, and another buried in the ground; each with about 10 or so wires going into them. After being out in the weather for over a month, they were as good as the day we sealed them up. (And nothing went wrong with our electronics either - all set for this year )

We stuck the cables in through cable glands - which, if you're going to use this sort of box, you probably ought to do - to keep the dust & water-proof rating up.
Putting the seal on the lid properly is a little tricky at first, and takes a bit of patience and practice, but worth doing.

If you want a real water tight seal. You can solder the joins then use Heatshrink Caps. These are a small piece of heatshrink with a closed end, and a gel cartridge in the end. When you heat, it shrinks around the cable and releases the gel and seals the join. We use them in garden lighting.

Probably a bit hard to source in your area, but in the big cities you can just go into a garden light centre and ask for heatshrink caps.

Stu

Or just buy some Raychem

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