amaruskanic
29th January 2009, 04:46 PM
Hi All,
Sorry to bring this up again, but I have looked at several posts on the subject and they dont quite make sense (probably just me....).
I am installing a Hayman Reese controller.
White wire I will run using 4mm wire straight from -ve pole of battery.
Black wire I will run using 5 or 6mm wire straight from +ve pole of battery.
Blue will run to rear of vehicle and be joined to brake wire to trailer.
Now the red wire will also run to the rear of the vehicle and tap into the brake light wire (green with purple trace).
Now I gather from other posts that a diode is required to prevent voltage flowing from the brake controller into the brake circuit. ie Between the red wire and green/purple wire.
The problem I have with that, is that it will prevent the brake lights from coming on when I depress the manual override on the brake controller.
I am wondering if the solution is to cut the green/purple wire and place the diode in there and then splice/tap the controller in on the brake light side of the diode.
Any thoughts on that??
Regards Andrew
Sorry to bring this up again, but I have looked at several posts on the subject and they dont quite make sense (probably just me....).
I am installing a Hayman Reese controller.
White wire I will run using 4mm wire straight from -ve pole of battery.
Black wire I will run using 5 or 6mm wire straight from +ve pole of battery.
Blue will run to rear of vehicle and be joined to brake wire to trailer.
Now the red wire will also run to the rear of the vehicle and tap into the brake light wire (green with purple trace).
Now I gather from other posts that a diode is required to prevent voltage flowing from the brake controller into the brake circuit. ie Between the red wire and green/purple wire.
The problem I have with that, is that it will prevent the brake lights from coming on when I depress the manual override on the brake controller.
I am wondering if the solution is to cut the green/purple wire and place the diode in there and then splice/tap the controller in on the brake light side of the diode.
Any thoughts on that??
Regards Andrew