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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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I have a 2011 Rubicon and need to hook up a trailer brake controller. Anyone know where I can get a hot wire from the brake switch that activates when the brake pedal is pressed on.
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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Garybtt
I have a 2011 Rubicon and need to hook up a trailer brake controller. Anyone know where I can get a hot wire from the brake switch that activates when the brake pedal is pressed on.
Probably best to tap into the brake lamp circuit itself.
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 06:05 AM
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That's exactly what my Prodigy says to do, connect into the brake light wire coming from the pedal.
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 06:49 AM
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Tried the lamp circuit, but that also gives me the directional.
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Old Mar 9, 2011 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Garybtt
Tried the lamp circuit, but that also gives me the directional.
Then I would suggest installing an additional limit switch on the pedal itself. Something like this?

http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=6420988
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Old May 11, 2011 | 07:06 AM
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I went to the dealership the other day before wiring up my brake controller and they confirmed it's the white wire with the tan stripe.
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Old May 11, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Garybtt
I have a 2011 Rubicon and need to hook up a trailer brake controller. Anyone know where I can get a hot wire from the brake switch that activates when the brake pedal is pressed on.
Waterboarder has a great write-up on this on some other forum.
There are two places to tap a wire; by the brake and in the engine bay in front of you.
I remember that one of them was white with a tan stripe...
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