Trailer Brakes

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The Weathertronic probably has three wires plus a ground wire. One wire connects to the 12VDC battery/charge line for power. One wire connects to the brake line to activate the brakes. One wire connects to the brake light line to sense when the brakes are applied. It may be that the wire to the brakes is not even connected to the tow vehicle connector.

I think Suz will figure it out now that she knows what the box is.

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Suz, thinking about it (and presuming Morgan's guess is good, which I think it is), what I would do in your case, is disconnect the brake power wire and/or brake light wire, so the box was disabled but the batty could still charge. Later, if you find it to be in the way, you can take it out completely.

Might be a nice battery charger (regulator, really) in there so you could recycle it as an outside light for hooking up/setting up in dark.

Pete and Rats

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YIPPPPEEEEE!
<img src=http://www.fiberglassrv.com/board/uploads/3e1ca291d3048granny.gif/> I've got brakes and what great brakes they are!

Thanks to all of you and your support I finally have my brakes working like they're supposed to. I no longer have elephants riding in my trailer (Thanks, Morgan, for that analogy, it described it to a tee)! Lights, brakes, WOW!

I tore into the unit and traced where they had spliced into the pigtail. Removed the splicer things and rewrapped each wire seperately to prevent any problems (moisture/arcing) where the insulation was weak or lacking. Then rebundled the wires back and taped again.

Took out for a test drive today, and what a difference. With the 'extra' brake out of the way, I can now build and install a small missy box for tools ect. This will reduce or remove my too-light tongue weight problems.

Many, many thanks to you all. You cannot know how great I feel about this.

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Just in case some of you were wondering, I did have lights with the trailer mounted brake controller.

There were three wires (in addition to the ground) they spliced in: Red (which they wired into brown), blue, and black.

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Way to go, Suz. :banana

I'm proud of you. :sporty :feet

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Good job Suz! Give yourself a pat on the back.


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Suz
See, all those questions got you on the right path. Good girl.:)

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Oh!! Ron!! :lol I have been admiring your avatar since I first saw it, self portraits I assume. :duck now this patting on the back ... wonderful. :laugh thanks for the laugh.

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Suz;

Glad you enjoyed it.


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Suz, you have made my day! I love the dancing granny. She was my wallpaper until someone took her off and I couldn't remember where I had gotten her. Thanks a million, she is back where she belongs.
Another dancing granny, Darline:party :party

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Hi Suz:

My newly acquired Trillium trailer has a Weathertronic controller installed on it. It did not come with any information on hooking it up, but am expecting a fax from Tekonsha with information.

Any information you want to share is appreciated.

I am aware that they do not offer a manual brake control, so if it works, it will be a temporary measure.

Thanks

Rick

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Despite Tekonsha indicating that they would fax me information about the Weathertronic brake controller, they did not deliver on their promise.

I ordered a Jordan Ultima 2020 controller, and installed it today. I have hooked it up to the Trillium 4500, and the diagnostics indicate all is functioning, but yet to tow.

I think I may use the Weathertronic wiring for my soon to be installed trailer breakaway switch.

Rick

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I am so sorry that I missed your first post. That one just slid right by me.

I contacted Tekonsha and when I finally heard from them, they told me that they no longer made that unit. Plus, it was not to be connected with my other brake controller (good thing, as I can disconnected it by the time I heard from them).

The brakiing of my trailer improved tremendously once that I removed it. Now it is a smooth, quiet operation.

Let me do some checking and I'll see what I can come up with.