Advice please...Trailer Brakes Disconnected

[Patty]

Update

With the advice given from TDR members I think my problem is solved. We towed 850 miles to our destination through this past weekend (now at Lake Winnipeg, MB) with no chimes from the EVIC saying the trailer brakes weren't connected. On my previous tow it was dinging every 15 minutes. All I did was crawl under the trailer and with electrical tape recovered the brake wires anywhere that it appeared they were rubbing steel (inside drums, leaf springs and grommeted hole through axle). Although I didn't notice anywhere that the wire coating had been rubbed through to the wire, I thought this would be a good place to start. The only other thing I did was to clean and tune the trailers plug to ensure the best connection (I had done this previously also but the alert reappeared so I don't think that was the problem). Anyhow... working fine now. Thanks again!

 

[JLeake]

I would strongly suggest that if your trailer has the blue crimp connectors that are endemic on trailers, motorhomes and RV's you find each and every one of them, cut them off, and put in a soldered connector with shrink wrap to seal them. My experience as others have mentioned is that the manufacturers do things the absolute cheapest way they can and the wiring if often junk when it gets wet or wears a bit.

Yes doing that is a pain, but when you have a light not working at night in the rain, you will wish you had done it.