Where to connect prodigy brake wire on LC100TD
Submitted: Monday, May 19, 2008 at 09:13
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Can anyone tell me where the best location is to connect the Prodigy red wire pick up from the brake light wire on a 100 series landcruiser. I have read in a previous thread that the connection should be made down the line after all computers, cruise controls etc. Obviously I could pick up a brake light wire at the back, but maybe the wire is easily identifiable in one of the wiring looms closer to the front.
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John
Reply By: Dunaruna - Monday, May 19, 2008 at 20:38
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 20:38
Highly recommended to take the blue and red directly to the trailer base, twin core (figure 8) makes the job very easy and you will never have issues with cruise control/abs/stability control interfering with the brake controller signal.
On a 100 series it is very easy to take a twin core down to the rear inside the drivers side chassis.
In the not so distant future their will be a brake controller plug pre-wired under the dash of most vehicles.
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Follow Up By: Gronk - Monday, May 19, 2008 at 22:31
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 22:31
If you have a wire coming from the brake pedal switch, which then runs to the back of the 4x4, then it doesn't matter which part of that wire you take a feed from..
Only time it may upset cruise control etc would be if you picked the wrong wire....... ie; a 12V feed off the switch that wasn't the brake wire..
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Follow Up By: Dunaruna - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 17:52
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 17:52
A wire (blue- service brakes) already needs to go back to the base, it does not add any extra agro to run a twin and be done with it.
The output wire from the brake light switch does not run directly back to the base.
It is near impossible to get a good solder onto a wire join while crammed into the footwell upsidedown while trying to juggle a soldering iron. It is equally near impossible to insulate that join properly.
There is a right way and a wrong way to do a job. Often the wrong way will still work but that does not make it right, it makes it a job that will need redoing in the future.
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