This weekend, we worked on getting the brakes wired! Poor Mike had to crawl under the trailer again, but we're fairly certain this is one of the last times at least! He'll still need to get under there when we go to do the plumbing and the valves for the holding tanks. That'll be a fun job ;)
We ran the wire from the brakes through a protective conduit (the grey tubing).
The brake lines meet up with the rest of the external lights in the 7-wire trailer controller (the black box) at the front of the trailer.
And here's how the trailer will plug into an outlet on the tow vehicle so that the brakes and lights will be controlled by the truck! The little black box with the silver wire coming out of it is an emergency brake. The little wire gets attached to the tow vehicle. If the trailer were to break loose from the tow vehicle, that little wire pulls out of the box, triggering the trailer brakes to engage which stops the trailer from running wild and free! (Sorry, Maude, no solo-adventuring for you!)
Until next time! <3 Becca
Until next time! <3 Becca
