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> Have been through the manual and drawings and am looking for the

to hook up the electric brakes and +12 volts coming from the 7 way

> There are no wires for for +12 or brakes on the current

You'll have to run the blue wire from the brake controller to the

of the coach and run a +12V from the battery.

Bob

05 Intrigue LE #11872

[quote author=Melvin E. Myers"

> Have been through the manual and drawings and am looking for the > wires

> to hook up the electric brakes and +12 volts coming from the 7

Mel\:\[br\]\[br\] There are no wires dedicated to your brake controller, however, you\[br\] have two spare wires that run from the dash to the curb side rear bay\[br\] and terminate on a terminal strip\. I don't remember the wire numbers\[br\] now, but you can verify this in your manual with the chassis 12 volt\[br\] wiring diagram\.\[br\]\[br\] I used both for the brake controller\. The blue \(I think\) wire on the\[br\] brake controller is the "trigger" wire to activate the brakes\. I ran\[br\] a wire from the brake switch in the driver service bay to a new toggle\[br\] switch under the dash and then to the brake controller\. The purpose\[br\] of the extra switch was to give me the option of not braking the\[br\] trailer every time I used the coach brakes\. One reason may be that\[br\] actuation could occur when you use the engine brake, as I've heard\[br\] that the brake lights come on even though you haven't depressed the\[br\] brake pedal\. Anyway, it was an easy install for assurance\.\[br\]\[br\] The toughest part of the install was finding the two spare wires at\[br\] the dash area\. Took the better part of a day\. They were located\[br\] behind the cabinet, inside the dash area, on the passenger side\. \(You\[br\] have to remove this small cabinet\.\) Again, you need to look up the\[br\] number so you'll know you have found the right ones, although they\[br\] will be taped off on the ends and the number will match the number\[br\] back in the rear curb side bay terminal strip\.\[br\]\[br\] I believe I took the hot and ground directly from terminal lugs fed\[br\] directly from the chassis battery\. Ground is very important with the\[br\] trailer brake install\.\[br\]\[br\] It's been a while since I did this install, but if you need more\[br\] explanation or additional help, drop me a note and I'll be glad to go\[br\] look at my wiring sketch and relay the whole process to you\. It's not\[br\] really too difficult once you've found the wires, the brake switch and\[br\] determine how to get the wire from the driver bay to the dash area\.\[br\]\[br\] Roger Uhlich\[br\] 04 Intrigue 11699 \[br\]\[br\]\[br\]\[br\]]