Tail Light Wiring Converter to Join European Motorcycle and U.S. Trailer Wiring Formats  

My vehicle has the European 7 round pen Im trying to go to a US. 4 or 5 way flat on my trailor. Could you help me plz I am trying to connect my Timeout trailor to my Rewaco European trike TIME OUT TRAILERS Wiring Instructions 5 and 4 Wire Trailer Instructions Pin 1 - Yellow Wire - Left Turn Signal Pin 2 - Green Wire - Right Turn Signal Pin 3 - Brown Wire - Running Lights Pin 4 - Red Wire - Brake Lights Pin 5 - White Wire - Ground Wiring Diagram for Time Out Trailers round and flat... Yellow ~ Left turn Green ~ Right turn Brown ~ Running Red ~ Brake White ~ Ground Numbers is what is on plugs... With proper wire color to it... Signal and lights on right of it are for trailer lights... Always best to take the white wire at bike end directly to battery with proper ring terminal... Quick connect terminals work IF they are not in direct moisture... Its best to wire under seat when you can... Connect the trailer wire harness from back bumper, follow the frame up and secure wires with tie raps... Enter wires under seat. Always connect colored wires to proper wires on bike behind last plug connector going out to the fender lights... Camper Trailer LED Lights Are Supper Bright... Photo above is optional $49.99 plug for Harleys that can be used so you do not have to splice wires under the bike seat... This is a no brainer plug... Fits in between existing plug there... Available for Goldwings also... See option page... Two types... 5 wire trailer plug above. 501 is trailer plug. 502 is bike end. A set as shown is $20.00 or $10.00 per plug. Bike end with 4 feet of wire add $10.00 NOTE: ALL Timeout and Cyclamate trailers have 5-wire round trailer plug on trailers from 2011 and earlier... All parts are available, if needed... 2012 and newer trailers has 5-wire flat plugs ALL Timeout and Cyclamate trailers have bike end plug with apx. 4 feet of wire included with their trailers... Some companies, this is a option above as shown is $20.00 with wires $30.00 WIRING 4 -WIRE PLUG on Bike or Vehicle to 5-Wire trailer... You will need a flat 4 plug on trailer replacing the 5-wire... Will need to change yellow signal lights to red... Bike plug should be connected with white wire to bike ground, I perfer to battery... Bike yellow is left turn,. Bike green is right turn and Bike brown is running... NEXT the Trailer... Cut off 5-wire 5 plug... Install 4-wire plug with in line butt crimp splice with heat shrink over it... Connect white to white. NOT to trailer. White is the ground for lights... Yellow to yellow. Green to green. Brown to brown. Red wire Does Not get connected to anything... Be sure its taped... Read On... This is the way the trailer lights will now work... The red lights are now only running lights... The yellow lights are now both stop and signal lights ... Both yellow lenses as on right trailer will now have to be changed to red... Or light will need to be changed to red if a sealed oblong light like above or round light like below is on trailer...All States, brake light must be red... IF left signal is on and brakes at same, the signal will flash and opposite lite will stay on, on the outside lights... The inside red lights is now only running lights... Lights will not work if #6 above red wire is connected in any way... Important Notes: I use in line crimp found at any automotive or department stores, as well as heat shrink... Try and use grease filled style crimps... If you can.t, than put a little grease on wires, or Vaseline... Grease keeps moisture from wires which saves problems later... Sleeve heat shrink on wires before crimping... If no heat shrink, than tape with good plastic tape... All States and Canada... Yellow can not be used for stop lights... That is why lights have to be changed to red from yellow or amber... News Flash For 2012 and newer Time Out has added a 5-wire flat plug on most all their trailers with all red lights on back... 5 wire plug to 5 wire plug With the 5-wire plug and 5-wire on bike or car you have separate outside running lights and separate brake lights... Inside lights are your left and right turn signal This trailer plug can now also plug into a 4 wire typical truck plug on most trucks or vehicles with no separate signal lights... The lights with a 5-wire on trailer into 4-wire on vehicle will now work like this... 5 Wire Plug to 4 Wire Plug. How it will work. 5 wire plug on trailer with 4 wire on vehicle. With 5 wire plug, this means you have separate lights on trailer to operate each signal light. Other light is a running light and brake light, each side. signal lights can be either red or yellow. With 4 wire system there is no blue wire. all lights on back are red Your yellow wire is left turn signal and also your brake light. Green wire is right signal light and also your brake light. When 4 wire is plugged into 5 wire all lights on back of trailer must be all red. Can not have yellow used as a brake light. With 5 wire plug, this means you have separate lights on trailer to operate each signal light. Other light is a running light and brake light, each side. signal lights can be either red or yellow. With 4 wire system there is no blue wire. all lights on back are red Your yellow wire is left turn signal and also your brake light. Green wire is right signal light and also your brake light. When 4 wire is plugged into 5 wire all lights on back of trailer must be all red. Can not have yellow used as a brake light. Outside light will still be running light... Inside light will now be brake and signal light... This saves the need of fabricating any electrical and eliminates a converter Only trailers NOT set up this way is the HRT, Zephyr and XL models The lights on these trailers can not be changed....

asked by: Travis F