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re-wiring trailer brakes

10-30-2009, 11:08 PM

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JRS

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re-wiring trailer brakes

The previous owner of my race car trailer installed multiple Scotch-loc taps in the brake wiring of my race car trailer. Since I have time to do it correctly and the trailer is about 15 years old, I'm going to change all the brake wiring from the front of the trailer to the brakes. Unfortunately, the previous owner also spliced in various gauges of wiring. The trailer is 32 foot long enclosed car hauler, with four brakes. From what I can tell from the web, I think 12 gauge multi-stranded will carry the proper amount of amperage for the length I need. Or should I use 10 gauge?

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