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Originally Posted by vito.a
Now I just need to figure out what each wire is and where/how to mount my controller.
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Vito, Jim gave you a pinout in
post #4. It's also on sheets 191 and 192 of the 2007 Signature drawing set you (now) have.
Too bad someone cut five of the six wires at the connector. Is the one wire left in the connector the blue one? That would be consistent with someone putting a toad brake activation light/LED on the dash. In any case, you have your choice of how to wire in the controller:
1) Cut the original connector off completely, discard, and use butt splices to connect your controller pigtail.
2) Cut the original connector off completely, discard, and use a terminal block (links
here and
here) to connect your controller pigtail.
3) Pull the pins out of the original connector, splice them back on their wires with butt splices, and reinsert them into the connector. Then, buy a mating original connector with pins and put them on your controller pigtail.
4) Cut the remaining wire off the original connector. Then buy a replacement original connector, its mate and pins. Put the pins on the wire ends and on the controller pigtail, insert the wires in the replacement original connector and its mate.
5) Cut the remaining wire off the original connector. Then buy a different design connector, its mate and pins. You could use a Ford connector, as there is a mating Tekonsha brake controller pigtail available, but a Deutch or a Delphi would work. Put the pins on the wire ends and on the controller pigtail, insert the wires in the different connector and its mate.
I like to:
a) have things as close to factory as possible
b) retain the option of connecting things differently later
(for instance, have the flexibility to use the blue wire for a toad brake activation light, without having to cut any wire or re-pin any connectors)
so I'd put these options in this order of preference: 4), 3), 2), 5), 1).
On my coach, someone had "stolen" the power and ground leads for the CB. He didn't have to do that, as there was already a connectorized CB power cable under the dash. I suppose he didn't want to look for it, or didn't find it. I would have implemented option 4), but the wire gauge (from the factory) was only 18 AWG- too small for a brake controller current of up to 30A. Instead, I chose option 2). It's pretty slick in that I can wire any arbitrary device off the brake controller signal wires. I did indeed mount a toad brake activation LED off the blue wire. I mounted the terminal block where I can get to it without major under-dash contortions. Finally, Option 2) is a solution that doesn't require you to buy connectors and pins (and their tools).
Here are part numbers for the factory original connectors and Altech terminal strip, from Allied Electronics:
Code:
70083493 1-480704-0
Connector, Soft Shell; Universal MATE-N-LOK; 6; Plug; Nylon; Natural; 19 A
70083505 1-480705-0
Connector, Soft Shell; Universal MATE-N-LOK; 6; Receptacle (Cap); Nylon; 19 A
70077675 HE4HNWPR/12
Conn; Term Strip; Euro; 12; 10 mm; Double; 24-10 AWG; 30 A; 600 V
Linear Mode
