Brake control wiring question

[winters ridge]

i purchased a new electric brake control for my camper.
i have the hitch and factory wiring.
i also have the factory pigtail that is needed to connect to the controller.
The wiring looks simple 4 wires to the controller.
the question is this:
the control instructions states that it should be connected directly to the battery with a 30A fused 10Ga wire.
I would imagine it was written to a generic install and they were assuming there was not a factory plug in the vehicle?
Also the factory wiring uses a 20A fuse with 14Ga? wiring.
Any known problems with that?

I imagine the controller is designed to handle 1 to 4 axle trailer and the RL is most likely designed to tow no more than 2 axles.

[ProHonda]

Sounds like the factory wiring should work fine.

You said your answer, the controller with work for monster campers, something the ridge won't pull.

[winters ridge]

Thats what i figured but being a new truck i am most likely reading into it more than is needed and i really did not want to snake wires through my firewall unless absolutely needed.
If it was a Ford superduty pulling a 12000# trailer i would need a 30A fuse and a 10Ga wire but a single and dual axle trailers would never draw even close to 30A (unless it shorted).

[Webwader]

I see no problem using the factory wiring setup. Most brake controller maufacturers nowdays, with Tekonsha being one of the most popular, have pigtails available to plug into the factory wiring on some makes of vehicles. No Honda ones yet.

[razxxx]

The wiring harness part# is 3070. Can be ordered from any Tekonsha dealer.
Worked great on my 06 Ridgeline.

[Dedmo]

The wiring harness part #TE3070 you mention looks like it has a male fitting on the "honda" end. The pigtail that came with the OEM hitch and harness that I was planning to use to connect the under dash wires to the brake controller has a female fitting (with the other end being bare wires to splice to the controller). Does the TE3070 plug into the Prodigy on one end and the under dash OEM wiring on the other end? If so I need nothing else to connect the Prodigy to the dealer installed wiring harness?

[razxxx]

Yes it does. It is made for the Ridgeline and is Plug & Play. Btw, I mounted the controller in the "Not An Ashtray" opening, two screws into center console which will be covered up by replacing the "Not An Ashtray" when I trade in the truck. The cable is long enough to reach without any problems.

[razxxx]

The cable will fit through the rectangular opening on the left side of the "Not An Ashtray" opening and slide through the opening behind the lower dash panel and run across behind the dash. Nothing visible except the cable end that plugs into the controller and the controller holder.

[Dedmo]

Thanks. I will try the not a tray as well.

[kkealy]

Having fitted my hitch some weeks ago, I finally got around to fitting my Tekonsha Prodigy brake controller this weekend. The controller came with its own pigtail plug connector, and I simply spliced it to the Honda-supplied pigtail. I mounted the controller in its (supplied) holster on the plastic lower dash panel.

The Prodigy's manual says that it can be installed from 0-70 degrees from horizontal to vertical, and it's at about 55 degrees in the holster. I had to cut a fair bit of length off the Tekonsha pigtail.

Finally, there was another post (look for "brake controller") that helped me locate the Honda factory plug; I would have been looking for ages without the ROC's help!