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Leichardti
Explorer
Nov 28, 2017

Rewiring trailer brakes, best place to ground them?

Issues with the trailer brakes, going to rewire. 4 drums. Original setup has a set of two wires running to each drum. Going to run one Marine grade coated wires for 2 drums, instead of all 4. ...
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beemerphile1
Explorer
Nov 28, 2017
Vintage465 wrote:
...One location near the front of the trailer. Still have connections at all four drums, but the ground is in one place.


Redundancy of multiple grounds insures the system operates when needed. With one ground, if it is lost, none of the brakes work at all.

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