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Post Icon Posted: April 30 2006,10:53 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I know what I have used before, :good  but what's everyone else using?? :stupid  :confused

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Post Icon Posted: April 30 2006,10:54 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
And where does that 40 amp fuse go???? :stupid  :banghead  :confused

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On the trailer or the tow vehicle??.. :stupid
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Post Icon Posted: May 01 2006,6:50 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (stingray @ April 30 2006,10:54 pm)
And where does that 40 amp fuse go???? :stupid  :banghead  :confused

I have the fuse inline from the 12V lug on the fuse box under the hood to the brake control.

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And where does that 40 amp fuse go???? :stupid  :banghead  :confused

I have the fuse inline from the 12V lug on the fuse box under the hood to the brake control.

The wiring harness that came in the glovebox to plug under the dash came with a 40 amp fuse, but no instructions on where it goes :stupid

Today I'm looking at controllers, And a clean place to put it :good

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Post Icon Posted: May 01 2006,11:12 am Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I have always used an inline fuse from the power source to the controller. If yours plugs into the factory harness it may already be fused :confused

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Post Icon Posted: May 01 2006,1:10 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
The dealer says :stupid  :confused  :stupid  :confused So after installing the new controller I checked everything out and it all works , so who the heck knows. :rolleyes

But that fuse is going in the glovebox  :confused  :confused

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Post Icon Posted: May 01 2006,1:13 pm Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Oh yeah, went with a Prodigy controller and an aluminum reciever.  :good

It will be a first for both with me .

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Post Icon Posted: May 01 2006,2:48 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
As I remember,  :rolleyes , The fuse is for auxilery power to the light plug.......

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Post Icon Posted: May 01 2006,5:36 pm Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Carrera Elite @ May 01 2006,2:48 pm)
As I remember,  :rolleyes , The fuse is for auxilery power to the light plug.......

:stupid  :stupid  :stupid

There is no blank , or open breaker slots , and I have power to all of the pins on the plug.

This is not a fuse it is a green square 40 amp fuse. I think I'm suppose to upgrade one of the ones that are there.

I'll just hook up the trailer, run it around the block and see what fuse I blow.

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Surge brakes!!  :good   :D
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Post Icon Posted: May 02 2006,1:08 am Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
The car carrier and the buggy trailer have electric brakes so I need the controller, plus they work much better :good

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Electric brakes are good on anything but boat trailers, for those surge brakes are the only way to go!.. :good
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Post Icon Posted: May 02 2006,7:14 am Post # 14 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (stingray @ May 01 2006,1:13 pm)
Oh yeah, went with a Prodigy controller and an aluminum reciever.  :good

It will be a first for both with me .

Thats the same controller I use for  my toy hauler, Ive been using it for three years and never had any trouble with it. :)
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:good  :good  :good

Thats what I want to hear!!!!

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Post Icon Posted: May 03 2006,3:35 am Post # 16 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Prodigy is Da Finest Kine.

The 40 AMP fuse is for some trucks that came with no fuse.
Some mid/ Late 90's Dodge and GMC stuff didn't have the 40 amp fuse, ya had to plug one in.
Save it for a spare.
It's the circuit that usually charges the batts in the towed vech.

Some other fuses may be affected & will usually blow when backing the trailer in the water.
Some ocasionally  blow that have nothing what so ever to do with the lites as well when ya back into water.

Trailering phenominon,, damfino.

Edited by Trailer Park Casanova on May 03 2006,3:37 am

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Post Icon Posted: May 03 2006,8:39 am Post # 17 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I would belive that, But the 40 amp fuse came with the truck. Not the brake controller, Bundled in the glovebox with the wiring harness from GM. So it goes somewhere as a replacement or add on. as of today it's in the glovebox waiting to blow the lesser amp fuse :stupid  :good  :D

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Quote (stingray @ May 03 2006,9:39 am)
I would belive that, But the 40 amp fuse came with the truck. Not the brake controller, Bundled in the glovebox with the wiring harness from GM. So it goes somewhere as a replacement or add on. as of today it's in the glovebox waiting to blow the lesser amp fuse :stupid  :good  :D

I got the same thing with the Ford wiring harness. It had a schematic to show where it plugged into the fuse panel.

My buddy has a hitch shop out in the valley - he took care of everything. Hooked me up with the prodigy too. Works like a charm. :good

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Quote (stingray @ May 03 2006,8:39 am)
I would belive that, But the 40 amp fuse came with the truck. Not the brake controller, Bundled in the glovebox with the wiring harness from GM. So it goes somewhere as a replacement or add on. as of today it's in the glovebox waiting to blow the lesser amp fuse :stupid  :good  :D

Mine did too, it is just a spare.

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Spares are a good thing! :good

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