Brake issues resolved....but.....
Wonderful info from forum members helped me solve an ongoing problem with my Prodigy P2 controller intermittently getting SH and OL errors. I replaced the wires from the Pinbox connection to the b...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
- There is conductivity, the amount of current the wire can carry
- There is MECHANICAL STRENGTH, which decides when and if the wire will fail structurally
- I use TTMA (Truck Trailer Manufacturer's Association) 7-way trailer cord sheathed in it's own neoprene jacket to run to the rear of my vehicles
- Ahead of the trailer connector socket I drop a 1/4" by 1" hanger
- A 4" cap of triple wall heat-shrink tubing collars the neoprene sheath
- Then a stainless-steel cable tie wrap clamps the cable to the hanger
- This is via the school of hard-knocks the only way I have stopped ice accumulations from yanking the trailer cord wire ends from the socket
I never thought about ice building up under our camper. Living in Florida we don't worry about that sort of thing, but we traveled to Colorado a couple of years ago, and it could have been a factor when we visited Crested Butte and encountered a good bit of snow and ice.
I think I will take your advice in wire choice and attachment.
