Trailer Wiring Has 5-Wires White, Yellow, Green, and 2 Browns
Question:
I have attempted to repair a 4 wire connector on my trailer. When repairing I have a white wire/ 2 BROWN wires, yellow wire and Green. I can only get the tail lights to come on. NO turns, brakes, etc. What should I do with the 2 brown wires. On the old connector it looks like the 2 BROWNS went into the connector together. Any advice would be appreciated
asked by: Dexter K
Helpful Expert Reply:
If it was a 4-pin connector with 5 wires then it is called a wishbone harness and would have 2 wires attached to the running light pin so you have one wire for each side of the trailer.
Typically, on a 4-Way, the white wire is ground, brown is running lights, yellow is left turn/brake lights, and green is right turn and brake lights. On a wishbone 4-Way you would have a ground wire and then you usually see a brown wire with yellow stripe for the left side running lights and a brown wire with green stripe for the right side running lights. They are attached to the same pin. All of the other functions are the same.
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