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Default Best practices for trailer electrical wiring

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:36:50 -0400, Ecnerwal
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Karl Townsend wrote:

i doubt there are firm rules. For me number one is put everything in
conduit, number two is no daisy chaining (run a separate wire to each
light and each brake from your central junction box at the tongue)I
also silicon seal all the crimp connections by putting the silicone in
before crimping and then wiping smooth.

I did this on the trailer I bought 22 years ago and sold last year.
Never had a failure the whole time.


iggy
Sounds like a great plan Karl. I will try to follow it.

Dod you use ground wires also?

i


the conduit was the ground run. Wires from each device bonded to it.
Might have been easier to use more wire.

Karl


What Karl said, but with PVC conduit and ground wires. A tube of
dielectric grease is handy too - dab on things to keep the water out
where stuff plugs together.


that would work well if it fits the weather tight junction boxes. I
didn't mention I use rubber gas line hose as the conduit to the
brakes. It has to flex. Also silicone every place that might possibly
leak.

Karl