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    New 7-Pin Cable/Junction Box

    First (and I don’t mean this in a bad way), this project was all TucsonJim’s fault. Why? Because that sonafagun posted a picture in some thread showing the factory wiring of his 7-pin cable to his TT wiring. Worse than that, he showed an “after” photo of his re-do. I’m sure it’s a sickness, but images like that stick with me and, yes, keep me up at night. So……against my better judgement, I pulled the cover off that metal 4” junction box on my rig and saw the exact same mess. Dang you Jim!! LOL

    Anyhow, it didn’t take long to find on the interweb a junction box/7-pin cable that looked like the one in Jim’s “after” photo. So I hit the BUY button and my new junction box/cable was here in no time. Another benefit with the new cable is that it’s one foot longer. The length of the old one was ok, but hey…..longer is always……uh…..er….nevermind.

    The pics explain themselves, however, if you’re wondering about that cable wrap on the trailer side wiring, it’s a plastic mesh that expands – sorta like those Chinese handcuffs. The upside is that even though it might be 3/8” in diameter, it can expand to over double its size (hope that makes sense) so it ”shapes” itself around the wire bundle. The downside is that you have to run your wires though it from the get-go since it’s “continuous” versus typical split wire loom. If you’re interested in it and/or want excellent prices on marine wire and other electrical related stuff, you can find it here: http://www.bestboatwire.com/marine-e...aided-sleeving And no, I don’t have any affiliation to that company. But they’re awesome to deal with.

    Oh…..and if anyone wants my old 7-pin cable - it’s yours. You just gotta pay shipping.

    Tom

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    Tom & Donna
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    Quote Originally Posted by GENESIS View Post
    First (and I don’t mean this in a bad way), this project was all TucsonJim’s fault. Why? Because that sonafagun posted a picture in some thread showing the factory wiring of his 7-pin cable to his TT wiring. Worse than that, he showed an “after” photo of his re-do. I’m sure it’s a sickness, but images like that stick with me and, yes, keep me up at night. So……against my better judgement, I pulled the cover off that metal 4” junction box on my rig and saw the exact same mess. Dang you Jim!! LOL
    So Fran looks over from her desk and sees your pictures and asks, "Are you going to do that to ours, too?" Ugh. Thanks, Tom? Or Jim?

    P.S. TucsonJim's post is here: https://www.mygrandrv.com/fo...l=1#post205698
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    Got my box a couple days ago, waiting on warmer weather.
    Thanks for the marine link Tom, and also nice job.

    Brian

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    I acquired one of these 7 pin connection boxes and cables, shortly after Jim's original post. It is still in my bin of "spare parts" . . . I should get around to installing this upgrade before it becomes an "emergency repair" on the side of the road in the rain .

    Rob
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    Quote Originally Posted by Country Campers View Post
    Got my box a couple days ago, waiting on warmer weather.
    Thanks for the marine link Tom, and also nice job.

    Brian
    None of the posts have a product link--do you mind sharing where you found yours, Brian?
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    Quote Originally Posted by howson View Post
    None of the posts have a product link--do you mind sharing where you found yours, Brian?
    https://www.amazon.com/ABN-Electrica...gateway&sr=8-4

    Here ya go Howard. This is without the cable.

    Brian

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    Quote Originally Posted by howson View Post
    None of the posts have a product link--do you mind sharing where you found yours, Brian?
    The one that I purchased through Amazon with the longer cable.
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    Rob
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    Thanks everyone. This is on my to do list.

    Jim
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    The unfortunate part of the amazon store is , there are 15 million different adds for the same thing making it hard to choose which one is better or worse. Just like the grocery store, 8 different brands of white bread.

    Brian

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    Damn....you guys are killing me !!!

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