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 ...
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Wow this has gone insanely complex, I think more then actually needed. I agree bad crimps and open to the element are the bigger issues. I but in all the years and all the trailers I have owned, wire gauge has never been a determining factor for if my brakes where operating properly or not.
I think you can save yourself a bundle of headache and hassle by just properly redoing the brake wires. I don't see any need to get into 10-12GA wiring for this. Just clean crimps or if you must home runs will be a lot less hassle, cost and give you the same results. If you prefer home runs and want to clean up the wires on the trailer, consider a Weather sealed 7 pin junction box
At least that way you can home run your lines if that is really what you desire. I use these boxes for more then trailer, I have one mounted on the frame rail of my truck with wires from the upfitter switches and a nice 10GA ground so I can easilly run wires for work lights, my beacon, etc. to be powered by one of the upfitters.
But when I redo my car trailer one of these will be installed since I pretty much need to rerun the whole trailer, after 10 years the current wires are just getting dry and cracking.
I think you can save yourself a bundle of headache and hassle by just properly redoing the brake wires. I don't see any need to get into 10-12GA wiring for this. Just clean crimps or if you must home runs will be a lot less hassle, cost and give you the same results. If you prefer home runs and want to clean up the wires on the trailer, consider a Weather sealed 7 pin junction box
At least that way you can home run your lines if that is really what you desire. I use these boxes for more then trailer, I have one mounted on the frame rail of my truck with wires from the upfitter switches and a nice 10GA ground so I can easilly run wires for work lights, my beacon, etc. to be powered by one of the upfitters.
But when I redo my car trailer one of these will be installed since I pretty much need to rerun the whole trailer, after 10 years the current wires are just getting dry and cracking.
