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So wiring a trailer with electric brakes, lights, onboard battery, and shore power....
Should I put the 7 way junction box on the tongue by the battery or in the rear storage area.
Seems if I mount the box in the rear I have the shortest run of separate wires. Or I could mount it on the inside of the frame rail basically over the axle as a mix of both.
Any ideas?
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Should I put the 7 way junction box on the tongue by the battery or in the rear storage area.
Seems if I mount the box in the rear I have the shortest run of separate wires. Or I could mount it on the inside of the frame rail basically over the axle as a mix of both.
Any ideas?
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It could be a weight rating involved but I think a law was passed where any trailer with electric trailer brakes has to have a breakaway system. A standard trailer would have a little battery box that would stay charged when hooked to the tow vehicle and sends full power to the brakes if the switch is activated. On campers you don't need the extra battery box just the switch because you can use your existing camper battery.
I didn't read the whole thing, but it looks like over 3,000 breakaway is required. Under 3,000, brakes are not required so how could breakaway be required...
"(d) Every trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, equipped with air or vacuum actuated brakes and every trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, with a gross weight in excess of three thousand pounds, shall be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels and of such character as to be applied automatically and promptly, and remain applied for at least fifteen minutes, upon breakaway from the towing vehicle. "
http://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2012/title-56/chapter-5/section-56-5-4850
You could, however, be ticketed for not having a working parking brake in you tow vehicle "adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice, or loose material. "
"(d) Every trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, equipped with air or vacuum actuated brakes and every trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, with a gross weight in excess of three thousand pounds, shall be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels and of such character as to be applied automatically and promptly, and remain applied for at least fifteen minutes, upon breakaway from the towing vehicle. "
http://law.justia.com/codes/south-carolina/2012/title-56/chapter-5/section-56-5-4850
You could, however, be ticketed for not having a working parking brake in you tow vehicle "adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice, or loose material. "
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I’m on the fence about how I want to do Tail Lights. I can weld one of the oval LED light boxes to each side of the frame at the back and tie the rub rail in, or I could mount it right behind the fender on each side on top of the rub rail.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Oval-Red-...ash=item51dbd72ae8:g:AxMAAOSw8-tWZeEh&vxp=mtr
Or I could mount up some of the long LED lights and mount them on the back of the frame on either side of the hitch.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Red-RV-Tr...ash=item1a0153ef57:g:KIcAAOSwv1RUYtka&vxp=mtr
I’m trying to decide how I would seal the frame and run the wires if I mount them to the back of the frame.
This drawing shows the option with the box at the back on the left, and what the rub rail would look like with no light box on the right.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Oval-Red-...ash=item51dbd72ae8:g:AxMAAOSw8-tWZeEh&vxp=mtr
Or I could mount up some of the long LED lights and mount them on the back of the frame on either side of the hitch.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Red-RV-Tr...ash=item1a0153ef57:g:KIcAAOSwv1RUYtka&vxp=mtr
I’m trying to decide how I would seal the frame and run the wires if I mount them to the back of the frame.
This drawing shows the option with the box at the back on the left, and what the rub rail would look like with no light box on the right.
