Tail light wire color
I'm supposed to help a friend move tomorrow. A friend of his has a small trailer he has offered to let us use. I have a ball on my step bumper (don't worry, probably nothing heavier than a couch will be on the tiny trailer at a time), but no wiring harness for the trailer lights. I picked up a pretty straight forward universal 4 wire kit to slap on in the morning. I was wondering if anyone knew off hand the wire color for the left and right turn signals and brake lights? I'm sure I could figure it out by following the wires and checking with a multimeter, but we have probably a full day of moving crap tomorrow, and I'd like to just go splice it in in the AM with no fuss.
Thanks! |
Generally speaking,
Brown=Tail lights/marker lamps Green=Left hand turn and brake light Orange or yellow=Right hand turn and brake light Your wires may or may not have tracers on them, and/or the colors faded, but this will get you in the game I think. Easiest way to check is with a test light, while using the lights on the truck. |
Are we supposed to see voltage on brown when brakes are depressed?
I'm wiring a 4 harness. I guess brakes get 12v from L/R and the brown is a switched ground. |
Originally Posted by drumfield
(Post 9929808)
Generally speaking,
Brown=Tail lights/marker lamps Green=Left hand turn and brake light Orange or yellow=Right hand turn and brake light Your wires may or may not have tracers on them, and/or the colors faded, but this will get you in the game I think. Easiest way to check is with a test light, while using the lights on the truck. Green is right turn/stop Brown is tail/ marker yellow is left/stop |
Yeah. I was reading too far into it. Brown was the only wire left (for me) hooked it up and brake lights worked.
All good! Thanks, boss. |
Brake lights should NOT depend on the brown wire; that's the parking/tail light wire. Sounds like you're grounding one circuit through the other. Are you running a separate ground wire from the trailer to the truck? Depending on ball contact for the ground is always iffy.
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