Me Again wrote:
We spent 1.5 hours in stop and go traffic in Portland this afternoon. Had to go from high 6.0 down to 4.5 to keep the trailer from pulling back on the truck at each slight speed stop. It's this truly a result of my heavy gauge star wiring on the axles?
Chris
If I get the chance this weekend I'll shoot some video or photos of my scope and the trucks brake controller display on the EVIC to show what's going on. The problem isn't something you'll see with slow speed normal braking, it's something that will show up if you try to do a "hard" fast panic type stop. Chrysler had decided to limit the output pulsewidth of the IBC so you don't get full voltage, and hence full current to the brakes no matter how big the wiring is.
I did pull the trailer out of the storage lot this evening and it's parked out in the driveway. I have a new Maxxair thermostatic fan to put in the bathroom to replace the crappy thing that came with the rig. I also have a Trimetric 2030 battery monitor and Progressive industries Power Monitor hardwire system I need to wire in. Being a new rig, I haven't gotten back into the power panel wiring yet and am dreading what I'll find there given how shoddy the quality/workmanship has been on everything I've gotten into so far.
