Trailer connector wiring

[leathermaneod]

did your truck come with the trailer tow package or was it added after?

 

[01cummins4ever]

15 minutes ago, leathermaneod said:

did your truck come with the trailer tow package or was it added after?

 

I believe it factory

[leathermaneod]

Hmmm well this is quite strange. Anyway something else I forgot to add about the install of my new plug. After seeing the condition of the old one

I decided I wanted nothing like that. So, I again removed the plastic from the ring terminals I had and crimped and soldered them to the wire ends. I didn't bother heat shrinking because neither I or the friend who was helping thought it was necessary since the wires really shouldn't get pushed around inside the cup that goes over the back of that and the terminals are all really close to each other anyway. Looking back maybe I should have? Idk, I didn't have much exposed wire, just the length of the crimp area of a ring terminal. I put the wire in so the insulation was almost touching the terminal. Anyway, I also basically packed that area around all the terminals with dielectric grease to prevent any future corrosion. It will be a mess if I ever take it apart, but I hate rust lol. Sorry I should have grabbed some pics but I was in a rush to get done at that point lol just sharing my ideas incase it helps someone else. 

[notlimah]

Yea after seeing those pics, I would've done the same.

[leathermaneod]

Haha yeah I guess that's what happens to crimp connectors after years of exposure to the elements, even though they are partly cover by the cap for that. I'm really wishing I had heat shrunk the ends of those so they would be insulated as much as the crimp connectors...oh well I guess there's no point messing with it unless i start having issues. If fuses start blowing I'll know what to check first lol

 

i just left them like this rather than heat shrink that little bit 

using the old connector for illustration purposes here

the only ones that seems even a little close were the ones by the center 

 

you can kinda tell there, but I just bent them a little so they weren't close. Then packed that entire thing with dielectric grease :-)

Edited September 13, 2016 by leathermaneod

[leathermaneod]

Well the more I though about it, the more I convinced myself that I needed to take that connector back apart and insulate those ends

before

During

after

 

[Royal Squire]

You can buy a continuous duty solenoid that you run that hot wire through so it will charge camper battery only with key on. Really simple. Do a search for camper battery isolater. 

[leathermaneod]

14 minutes ago, Royal Squire said:

You can buy a continuous duty solenoid that you run that hot wire through so it will charge camper battery only with key on. Really simple. Do a search for camper battery isolater. 

Thank you! Good to know 

[IBMobile]

3 hours ago, leathermaneod said:

you guys don't happen to know off the top of your head which fuses they are?

This is the 40 amp fuse in the PDC for the 12 volt power feed.

 

[notlimah]

59 minutes ago, leathermaneod said:

Well the more I though about it, the more I convinced myself that I needed to take that connector back apart and insulate those ends

before

 

Hahaha dude you crack me

up! This is why I just solder and heat shrink all my connections  just so I don't worry about it.

[leathermaneod]

Lol yeah I know. For some reason I just wasn't thinking when I did it the first time.