Re-Wiring the brakes.
My 35' ~10,000 lb GVWR trailer brakes were wired with 14 gauge wire and very poor crimps. All the crimps on that I've seen so far are pretty bad... I'm going to redo it with a quality crimp tool ...
Forum Discussion
mrekim wrote:Yes you are missing the fact that the cumulative insertion force is well over 300ft to insert the twin contact style terminals. The inserted connector will only have <1mm of contact.
What is the issue with the twin contact style? The TV pin goes between the contacts and makes a connection on both sides.
With a single contact, I guess the TV pin would press against the single blade on one side and the plastic connector on the other side.
Am I missing something?
The low contact insertion will result in a connector that is not stable during use between the vehicles. Intermittent connections and vehicle warnings will occur from normal vibration and stress applied to the cable.
The other problems are dimension alignment of the terminals in the over mold. Bargeman doesn't use a premold to hold the terminals during over mold process. The terminals will move during the injection of the rubber and cause misalignment. This will cause even higher insertion force.
The flat blade style terminals will have 9-10mm of insertion contact. This will hold the connector securely during use.
Just upgrade to the flat blade style terminal and leave all of these problems behind.
MM49
