question about a missed wired brake controller

[mikeg135]

It was one of those days last Friday.



I went to the local truck accessory place to have some nerf bars and brake controller put on. They only had th Tekonsha Prodigy and Reese. So I went with the Tekonsha.



I should have known something was wrong when I left. My turn signals did not work, and they could not figure out why. I had to figure out that it was the hazard fuse.



Anyways, after a new $4. 50 20 amp mopar fuse, I hooked up to the camper to go hunting for opening weekend of deer season. While driving around the neighborhood trying to set the brake controller, as I would hit the brakes, the camper brakes would grab so hard, it would snatch th truck. I was constantly trying to adjust until the brake fuse blew.



And the readout then said 'SH'. I called Tekonsha and they gave the wiring schematic for the dodge. The truck accessory missed wired it.



After a new fuse and correct wiring, it still read 'SH' while camper was hooked up and 'OL' while applying brakes.



Tekonsha said that meant a short in the camper.



My question is, could the miss wiring cause a short in a camper?



It was working fine before. My friend even came over in his dodge to plug in the camper to his truck. He has a Reese. It was reading 'OL'



I need to know what to tell this bozo who owns the truck access. place. The lady at tech support told me that my prodigy box may even be damaged.

 

[illflem]

Friend of mine miswired his Tekonsha by connecting the same colored wires together, not the way it works on a Dodge. It fried the controller, unfortunately he did it to himself and had to buy a new one. Whoever miswired yours should buy a new one.

 

[mikeg135]

Here it is. These guys are good. He claimed that he could tell that I did not rewire the brake controller since he can recognize the crimps on the wires. Thus calling me a liar.





I think it is time for the BBB to get involved.