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Never checked mine, but I have read on another RV site, that to have even braking we should have at least #12 wire from the pinbox to each wheel, & if possible the same length of wire from the pinbox to each wheel.
John
Lots of things going on back there and voltage drops a big one, the wires that went through the axle on my Dexter axles was maybe 16ga at the most, I replaced it with 12ga strapped to the axle when the original one shorted out. Electric drum brakes have a lot of variables that we would never put up with on a vehicle, every wheel has its own magnet that engages its own drum surface. They also may not have the same air gap between the drum and magnet , it takes more voltage to overcome a larger air gap. Electric drums will not come on the same rate all the time like hydraulic will, when I removed my drums when I changed to disk the left front shoes were 90% gone and the rest had various amounts of wear with none the same, the left front is the first brake that gets power from the controller on our trailer.
Lots of things going on back there and voltage drops a big one, the wires that went through the axle on my Dexter axles was maybe 16ga at the most, I replaced it with 12ga strapped to the axle when the original one shorted out. Electric drum brakes have a lot of variables that we would never put up with on a vehicle, every wheel has its own magnet that engages its own drum surface. They also may not have the same air gap between the drum and magnet , it takes more voltage to overcome a larger air gap. Electric drums will not come on the same rate all the time like hydraulic will, when I removed my drums when I changed to disk the left front shoes were 90% gone and the rest had various amounts of wear with none the same, the left front is the first brake that gets power from the controller on our trailer.
Denny
I have electric drums on my 2010 Montana, & I noticed in the mirror while getting into a site on the wet grass last trip that the left front would lock up as soon as I touched the brake. I guess a complete rewire job with 12 gauge is on the "to do" list.
John
