Trailer Brake Plug Active?
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Trailer Brake Plug Active?
I have a 2000 Navigator with the trailer tow package, including the 7-point plug by the hitch receiver. It also has the adapter with the 4-point trailer plug. Been towing my boat with this since it was new, and the lights work fine.
I just recently purchased a logo light that goes in the hitch receiver. The light has two leads on it. I plugged one lead into the ground pin in the recepticle, and the other into the trailer brake pin. When I apply the brakes, the light does nothing. If I move the red lead to either the left turn/brake light lead, or the right turn/brake light lead, the light works fine. I would really like the light to come on only when I hit the brakes, and not blink along with the left or right blinker, so I assumed that the trailer brake pin would be hot when the brakes are hit.
What am I missing here? Is there something I need to do to activate the trailer brake pin?
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I just recently purchased a logo light that goes in the hitch receiver. The light has two leads on it. I plugged one lead into the ground pin in the recepticle, and the other into the trailer brake pin. When I apply the brakes, the light does nothing. If I move the red lead to either the left turn/brake light lead, or the right turn/brake light lead, the light works fine. I would really like the light to come on only when I hit the brakes, and not blink along with the left or right blinker, so I assumed that the trailer brake pin would be hot when the brakes are hit.
What am I missing here? Is there something I need to do to activate the trailer brake pin?
Thanks
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Unless you have a brake controller installed, you won't have any power to the brake pin on the 7-pole connector. Sounds like you need a lighted receiver cover that has a "logic" board to eliminate your problem.
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Thanks for the replies.
Where would this "brake controller" be installed? I'm not going to get one just for the logo light, but I'm guessing there is a way to jump the wires to make that one lead hot when the brakes are depressed.
John
Where would this "brake controller" be installed? I'm not going to get one just for the logo light, but I'm guessing there is a way to jump the wires to make that one lead hot when the brakes are depressed.
John
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John -
If that Nav has the connector (white or gray 6-pin, 3 over 3 with only 5 wires used) under the dash, you could hook the wire from the brake light switch to the heavy blue wire and have power to the 7-pole's brake pin when stopping. The other wires are 12V, ground, and panel lights.
Steve
If that Nav has the connector (white or gray 6-pin, 3 over 3 with only 5 wires used) under the dash, you could hook the wire from the brake light switch to the heavy blue wire and have power to the 7-pole's brake pin when stopping. The other wires are 12V, ground, and panel lights.
Steve
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Eric -
He'd still have the same problem, 'cause the brake and turn signal functions are combined in 1 wire. Plus, he can damage the electrical system if he has the Lights Out Advisory Panel.
Steve
He'd still have the same problem, 'cause the brake and turn signal functions are combined in 1 wire. Plus, he can damage the electrical system if he has the Lights Out Advisory Panel.
Steve
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