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Open Roads Forum  >  Toy Haulers  >  Toy Haulers  > Brake controller craziness, advice? Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Prev Sjm9911 • View posts New Jersey Senior Member Joined: 07/01/2020 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/17/21 01:24pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I did 10/2 on mone and in retrospec was probably overkill. It was recomended by e trailor , but when i hooked it up it was a bit harder. If i was to do it again i would go with a smaller gauge wire.make sure you get stranded wire. And i also ran it outside the tube. Fixed my low power to my break controller issue. And its not a hard job. 2012 kz spree 220 ks 2020 Silverado 2500 Equalizer ( because i have it) Formerly a pup owner. time2roll • View posts Southern California Senior Member Joined: 03/21/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 02/17/21 02:10pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I would assume one wire per wheel if using #10. So 10/2 for two axle, 10/3 for 3 axle. I don't recommend parallel wires, just use the right size. Yes needs to be stranded to flex with the suspension. 2001 F150 SuperCrew 2006 Keystone Springdale 249FWBHLS 675w Solar pictures back up joe blow • View posts ca Full Member Joined: 07/18/2012 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/17/21 02:17pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Excellent guys thank you for the advice. I was talking to a friend of mine and he experienced similar on his car hauler. Of course the wires were within the axle and rubbed through. I will report with my findings. Joe Sjm9911 • View posts New Jersey Senior Member Joined: 07/01/2020 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/17/21 02:19pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator You just need 2 wire. Run it back where you can and branch off. You could run it stright down the middle and do equal lengths. But i didnt, just went to one side then branched off to the other. The volt drop will Not be noticable. I atually followed what was on my camper to begin with, but my 10 wire was way bigger then what was originally run. I have a dual axel for reference. joe blow • View posts ca Full Member Joined: 07/18/2012 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/20/21 12:56pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator That's what I was thinking also. thanks dsrace • View posts home Full Member Joined: 06/10/2011 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/20/21 04:29pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator i have had a prodigy p3 for maybe 5 years now. i do like it and will buy another as this one has had to be unplugged and reconnected twice now. it starts flashing and won't work so they do go bad. Dirtclods • View posts Newport Beach Senior Member Joined: 02/19/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/24/21 11:21am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I had a broken wire underneath my Toy-hauler by the brakes themselves so only one side was braking. joe blow • View posts ca Full Member Joined: 07/18/2012 View Profile Offline Posted: 03/23/21 09:23am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Wanted to update you all incase someone finds this post in need of help. I went through the system with a fine tooth comb and the culprit was inside two tubes. It seems that WW used really nice 10AWG shielded wire up until it splits into the tubes. From there it seems like they used cheap speaker wire and of course two sections had rubbed through. The crappy part was I also replaced my brake controller with a smart updated Tekonsha controller, well long story short the brake controller sensed the short and completely disconnected the brakes all together for the ride home. This made my 25 mile trek in stop and go freeway traffic a little sketchy. I rewired all three axles, wrapped and secured everything including all wiring on the frame rails and it did the trick. Thanks for all the advice Joe Y-Guy • View posts Tri-Cities, WA Moderator Joined: 03/04/2002 View Profile Offline Posted: 03/23/21 12:44pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Thanks for the update Joe, glad you got it fixed! 2007 Winnebago Sightseer 35J 2011 Jeep Wrangler lincster • View posts Mesa Az Senior Member Joined: 01/27/2003 View Profile Offline Posted: 03/23/21 01:34pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I had some work done by a local suspension shop, had to replace an axle, they found the same thing. Replaced all the wiring with good wires ran on the outside of the tubes. My brakes have never worked so well. 2019 F350 PSD CC 4X4 Dually to pull 2006 LE3905 Lincsters Truck/Trailer Lincsters Rail Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Prev Open Roads Forum  >  Toy Haulers  >  Toy Haulers  > Brake controller craziness, advice?

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