Power voltage to brakes??
Never been happy with braking on our C Creek. Just installing all new brake assemblies and checked voltage at right rear and it shows only 9.5 volts!! This is not via the truck. I have it connected d...
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ivbinconned wrote:
The trailer is a 34 footer and around 12,500 pound.
Couldn’t get at it today but tomorrow I will start by testing my battery voltage under the load of full braking.
If it is good I will then cut the wires where they first appear under the belly at the first axel and test the voltage there.
The brakes two wires are encased inside there own grey coating and appear to be in a loom right to where they emerge under the belly.
We will report tomorrow.
Thanks for all your comments
Most likely standard off the shelf jacketed brake wiring, looks like this..
The problem is, with the wiring run with a wire harness or loom and disappearing somewhere and the resurfacing elsewhere you are not able to verify if there is multiple splices or damage to the wire.. With it hidden, you could have even had a rodent decide to make a meal out of the jacket and chewed through a bunch of the strands for good measure.
Then there is the added issue of typical RV manufacturing laziness of using a very small ga wire running through the axle tubes, that wire often breaks or gets chaffed.. Either way result is less than stellar braking.
