Recommended Trailer Harness with 5 Wires to Power New Signal Lights

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Question:

Installed 3-way lights 4-wires,ground,brake,turn,running on trailer, but have a 4-wire, harness. Need 5-wire harness with ALL 5 wires long enough to go to rear of trailer. 3-way light has Red Stop, Yellow Turn, and running lights will be on red. So I need : ground wire, stop wire, 2-turn wires, and running light wire. What do you have to help me? All you 5-wire harness have a short blue wire which is too short.

asked by: John H

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Expert Reply:

For the functions you are needing on your trailer (ground, stop, two turn wires, running lights), it sounds like you are needing a wishbone 4-Way harness like the Optronics # A35W42B. This 4-Way flat connector has 5 wires, including separate wires for each of the stop/turn signals on the trailer.

This particular harness measures 35 feet long and the ground (white) wire is 42 inches long. I have attached a couple of short video demonstrations on this product that you can also check out.

If this is not what you are looking for, please let me know and I will be happy to look into this further.

expert reply by: Chris R

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