[AT] Spam> My Trailer made sparks

[Don Bowen]

> Not much.. but having to not lie on the deck of the truck with my
> crimp tool is a benefit!

When I p ut the brake controller in, I very carefully crimped the splices
then gave the wires a very hard pull to make sure nothing was loose.  The
splices were some very high quality ones I picked up at a garage sale.  Then
I was heading west from North Carolina when the brakes seemed to now work
all the time.  I checked things out and could not find a problem.  At a
truck stop in Texas I decided that I had better find the problem before the
mountains.  On about the second time tugging on the splices one came apart.
I put in new splices and upon return to California I cut the splices out
soldered everything together.  That was three years and about 16,000 towing
miles ago and no problems since.

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html