Question About Wiring In Brake Controller

[hoorders]

Looks like I have to wire in my brake controller...........I dont have the trailering package.

 

Below are the instructions for where the wires go.

Im stumped on the BLUE wire............would it not go to the same spot as the RED wire?.........the cold side of the stop light switch is only hot when you apply the brakes........would this not be the same wire as the 'brake wire' in my trailer wiring harness?

 

Thanking you in advance for any guidance.......

 

Wiring Legend for Tekonsha Voyager Brake Controller

 

BLACK Wire (Positive Battery)

WHITE Wire (Negative Battery)

RED Wire (cold side of stoplight switch)

BLUE Wire (brake output to trailer)

 

The WHITE (-) wire must be connected to a

known ground.

CAUTION Inadequate grounding may cause

intermittent braking or lack of sufficient voltage

to trailer brakes. The WHITE wire must be

connected to a suitable ground location. The

negative terminal of the battery is a suitable

ground location in the absence of a Trailer Tow

Package connection.

 

Connect BLACK (+) wire through an automatic

reset circuit breaker (20 amp for 1-2 axles, 30

amp for 3-4 axles) to the POSITIVE (+) terminal

of the battery. The BLACK wire is the power

supply line to the brake control.

 

The RED (stoplight) wire must be connected to

the cold side of the brake pedal stoplight switch.

Splice down line from the switch; DO NOT

disturb the position of the switch.

 

The BLUE (brake output) wire must be connected

to the trailer connector’s brake wire.

[asilverblazer]

The red wire connects to the circuit that basically turns on the brake lights, in effect it 'turns on' the controller when you apply the brakes. In other words if the inertia sensor senses deceleration it won't apply they trailer brakes because the brake lights aren't 'on'. Meaning that the trailer brakes will only come on when you apply the trucks brakes. Either way you should be able to buy the wiring pigtail from the dealer that plugs in under the dash, making all this unimportant. And much easier. I would suggest going this route, I also seem to recall that you can get this from Tekonsha.

 

Your truck not having the heavy duty towing package is not going to affect this. it just means you didn't get this pigtail, and you will need to hook up the plug at the rear of the truck too.

[hoorders]

The red wire connects to the circuit that basically turns on the brake lights, in effect it 'turns on' the controller when you apply the brakes. In other words if the inertia sensor senses deceleration it won't apply they trailer brakes because the brake lights aren't 'on'. Meaning that the trailer brakes will only come on when you apply the trucks brakes. Either way you should be able to buy the wiring pigtail from the dealer that plugs in under the dash, making all this unimportant. And much easier. I would suggest going this route, I also seem to recall that you can get this from Tekonsha.

 

Your truck not having the heavy duty towing package is not going to affect this. it just means you didn't get this pigtail, and you will need to hook up the plug at the rear of the truck too.

Ive tried hooking up the controller with the pigtail............the problem im having is that I have no power to the plug under the dash where the pigtail plugs into......I installed the 40amp fuse in the fuse panel beside the battery and I still have no power at the pigtail conection.........I also checked my RPO codes and I dont have the trailering package code.......this is what lead me to believe I dont have the trailering package which I assume means the plug under the dash is not 'live' for the pigtail to work.