Trailer wiring urgent

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Sea Dreamer
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Trailer wiring urgent

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Sitting on I295 outside richmond, va. need to wire new plug for trailer. Does anyone know off top of head which color wire does what?
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Re: Trailer wiring urgent

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I just went out and checked my 2001 trailer.

White = Ground
Green/Brown and Yellow/Brown = Tail Lights
Yellow = Left Turn
Green = Right Turn

Brake Lights are combined with turn lights.

Separate White Wire is brake solenoid lockout.

Hope this helps.

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Rich: Found an earlier post referring to a wiring website diagram, and that seems to match up to what we have. We don't have a yellow/brown and a green/brown - just solid yellow, solid green and solid brown. Sound right to you? Thanks!
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The soilid brown must be split afterwards on yours and go to the separate tail lights. Good luck.

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Hammin X is correct. If you also have the surge brake system the fifth wire should be blue connected to your back up lights to disable your brakes when backing up.

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Re: Trailer wiring urgent

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school house Steve I thought you droped of the screen. You forgot to say - If you do not have a plug for the extra backup light put a nut from a bolt in the slot where the breaks slide and you can back up without any wiring, just hook it up if driving down the road.
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Bubba,
I did drop off the screen. My Computer got a virus this summer and I had to start from scratch again. Meanwhile I've sailing as much as possible and installed several mods this year. I was out the same weekend as you and Hammin X but in the upper part of lake Wallua so I could tune my new HD TV to the local Tri-City stations.
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