Erik,
Please e-mail me with your price of one of the old K-H brake resistor.
I'll send you a money order first thing tomorrow.
I have a new, still in the package, old-style Tekonsha but would prefer the
K-H with the multiple attachment points which will facilitate adjusting
braking to different weight trailers.
Harvey Barlow
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Subject: [VAC] Re: Variable resistor for brake controller?
> I don't yet have a tow vehicle and being new to all this I have been
> following these threads about brake controllers and the like. The
discussion
> of fabricating these resistors brings some questions to mind. Are they no
> longer made? Are they used with all types of brake controllers or is it
just
> an essential part of an older system? My '71 owners manual has pictures of
> the wiring setup for various length trailers showing the Kelsey-Hayes type
> resistor. The language in the manual suggests that this was part of a
> standard setup for every Airstream owner.
> I bought a load of parts and related things last fall and I have three of
> these resistors. One is the K-H as pictured in the manual. There are four
> bolts with the wire coiled between them in three sections. The wire
appears
> to be continuous.
> The others are by Tekonsha. They have two bolts on one end. The coil
starts
> at one bolt, wraps around a block on the other end and coils back to the
> other bolt. There is a clamp with a thumbscrew in the middle that rides on
> these two sections of spring. Arrows on the plastic base plate indicate
light
> trailer-heavy trailer for adjustment of the clamp. The wire is steel, as
far
> as I know, and .020"
> Cheers,
> Erik Murray
>
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