A couple years ago when I wired my old trailer I painted every joint with
liquid electrical tape before I wrapped it. Heat shrink would be better overall
but the liquid tape glued the real tape down real good. The trailer rusted out,
the wiring is fine...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 18:44:55 -0600
From: Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] cheap hauling
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> Curt Raymond wrote:
> The only thing standing in the way right now is that the car
> isn't wired for lights, does anybody know of a source for the
> wiring kit? Autozone was flummoxed. My Ranger came wired for
> them but on the Dakota I bought a little kit that plugged
> inline with the taillights.
Unless your trailer is wired for separate brake/turn-signal
(most are not), you will need an adapter device 'cause I'm
guessing your car does have them separate.
The devices is probably just a couple diodes, but I haven't
really looked into it.
That and some 14 or 16 AWG wire, some heatshrink tubing, and a
soldering iron and you could be wired in an hour.
If you stuff a bunch of grease into the tubing before assembly
and shrinking, you get a quite waterproof joint. Did that on a
trailer about 15 years ago. Though its been stored outside for
the whole time, the wiring is still fine.
-- Philip
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