carnut asked:
I found a 16 or18 ga. pair of wires coming from inside a hole of the tube/axle of a 2 axle boat trailer. What could they be there for? The trailer has surge brakes.
What is this strange wire inside boat trailer axle?
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:38 am
On electric brakes, there is a fusible wire inside the axle that’ll melt and shut the brakes off at some temperature. So that’s what it sounds like. I know your trailer doesn’t have electric brakes, though. Maybe there’s some reason that’s there anyway.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:42 am
so it couldve been used either way, depended on how they used the axle, most are made in a production line, so they can use them on several types of trailers.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Probably goes to the brakes—what color and where do the wires go on the harness? Brakes are usually blue wire.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:50 am
It sounds like a previous owner may have added a new light package and just left old wires inside the axle.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 am
Most dual axle trailers were built to accomodate electric brakes. Those are the wires that run up to a break controller inside the vehicle for the electric brakes.