Thread: Where have you put your brake controller

he has that already I think...but is trying to understand what is meant by "service brakes".....

and does he just put the trailer brake controller wire in pin 5 with the blue wire that is already in there

Originally Posted by muddymech

can anyone tell me what pin teh barke control wire goes, is it no 5
thanks ian

Yes, from your control box.
Should be on it's own.
Pin 2(rev.) is some times used as power feed from the start batt. for int. lights and fridges

Cheers.

thanks im nearly there, got held up with fuse holders, for some reason my blade fuse are a tad too big to go in holders i bought from jaycar, have to go fine either new fuses or alternative holders, they are 30amp covered ones with red wire.
normally i get the ones with ornage wire, i was assuming wore colour had changed but perhaps there is different size fuses.
think i might be making a mountain out it but its pretty new to me and i want to get it right.
thanks ian

Originally Posted by muddymech

thanks im nearly there, got held up with fuse holders, for some reason my blade fuse are a tad too big to go in holders i bought from jaycar, have to go fine either new fuses or alternative holders, they are 30amp covered ones with red wire.
normally i get the ones with ornage wire, i was assuming wore colour had changed but perhaps there is different size fuses.
think i might be making a mountain out it but its pretty new to me and i want to get it right.
thanks ian

Good to hear it's coming together for you.
The Jaycar fuse holder might be for a younger person, You know for their duff duff stereo.
Standard fuses also fit into elec. joiners but no weather protection.

Cheers.

furtehr update, turns out that the second anderson plug has power on it, that has really thrown me, i now think thats for a solar panel and not the electric brakes as the original owner told me, so im guessing trailor is wired normally, will let you all know once i get the car wired up and plug it all together.
ian

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

This help?
http://www.lumen.com.au/html/pdf/lum...gsdiagrams.pdf

thanks. but why an earth is there different ways of wiring plugs depending on the state your in.

ian

Originally Posted by muddymech

thanks. but why an earth is there different ways of wiring plugs depending on the state your in.

ian

I've never seen the 6 pin plug.
Both the 7 pin plugs look like they wire the same way.
I've have wired 7 pin plugs as 5's and put a jump wires in 1&2, 4&5 for indicators.
Handy for using different trailers, just don't use R/H with a caravan on

Cheers.

Hi I got the Tekonsha Prodigy controller as well and use the trailer plug, works fine!. Agree with Kyle use a circit breaker and forget the fuses. I think I still have a cd with instructions for the controller if that helps? Happy to copy the cd if you want to learn more and post it.

One of the the other very valid comments "put it where you can get to it easy," had to use mine not too long ago when a B double over took me from behind while I was towing 2.5 t of van, van went a little sideways then got a sway up a quick application of the manual brake got us all streight again.

It would seem to me the trucks that come from behind cause more dramas than the one coming toward you??

Andrew