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Originally Posted by Kmikesell
The damage is all contained in a 6" section about midway through the cable, not at the plug end.
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The cable is actually very long, with about 4 feet loose at the front (for the tow vehicle connection) but a lot of length going back to it's endpoint (behind the fridge in my 2006 2619 model).
The 'install an electric box on the frame scheme' would allow you to purchase a shorter length of cable at lower cost, and you would not need to 'mess around with' the current cable end connections behind the refrigerator. You would instead need to make 7 reliable connections in matched pairs, and you would need to make it waterproof - maybe with some carefully srceened drainage capability for the case of water getting in (in spite of the "waterproofing").
IIRC, The current cable wire connections behind the fridge are all 1:1, except for the Trailer Battery Charge wire. The Trailer Battery Charge goes into a 3-way with one "downstream lead" going forwards to power the breakaway switch in the case of dead batteries with breakaway activated but bargman power still present.
The single 'brakes' power wire isn't split behind the fridge, but goes down to the axle and gets split there (in my older 2006 model, using an unreliable wire nut) to provide activating power voltage and power to the brakes on both wheels (street side and curb side).