Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Video

The Bulldog Winch Neoprene Cover #BDW20191 you're looking at measures about 18" long x 8" tall x 6" wide without it being stretched out. This sounds a little small for your Badlands Apex 1200 winch so I recommend…

We haven't had a chance to install a brake controller in a 2023 Ford F-150 yet (3/27/2023), so I can't tell you the wire color but I can tell you how to figure out which one you need to hook to. You'll need to use a circuit…

You will naturally be better off if your shop does NOT break off the factory weld nuts when removing the OEM hitch from the frame rails on your 2001 Excursion. Given the vehicle's age its quite likely that the bolts securing the OEM hitch will…

In order to install a Hayes brake controller like the Hayes Engage Trailer Brake Controller part #HA81760 on your 2000 Ford F-250 you will want to use the Custom Wiring Adapter part #HA81783-HBC which is a direct plug and play fit. I have attached a…

The Replacement 42" Cable for Breakaway Switch from Bright Way Group, #3802350, will fit most models of ESCO break away switches. If you don't want to take a chance on it not fitting, I would instead recommend replacing the switch with part…

The exterior lights on your trailer - stop, turn and tail - and the interior lights will usually be fed by different power sources. On an RV-style 7-way the stop/turn light signals are carried on the pins at the 3-o-clock and 9-o-clock positions and…

You will need to determine what circuit the lights on your trailer are connected to. If the lights are hooked up to either the 12-volt circuit on the 7-Way or the auxiliary power circuit, then it could just be a matter of making that function active…

The interior lights of your enclosed trailer are likely connected to the 12V (Auxiliary) power pin on the 7-Way of your trailer. You can verify this by applying 12V power from a separate battery to this pin and seeing if that supplies power to your…

The 12 volt aux circuit of trailer wiring would run to your breakaway kit and trailer battery on the trailer side and then on the vehicle side would run to the positive post of the vehicle battery.

The yellow wire of the 7-way harness part #H20044 that you referenced goes to the center pin of the 7-way which is an aux circuit that is typically used for reverse lights if present on the trailer. Normally the red wire on a 7-way (RV standard…

It is likely the result of a bad ground, but in order to determine the specific problem you'll need to use a circuit tester such as #PTW2993 to test the connector on your Silverado after disconnecting it from your trailer. Check the wiring going…

If you have no power on the brake controller output terminal of your 7-way (which is the 5 o'clock pin) then you most likely have a short in your wire or a bad brake controller. I recommend starting your troubleshooting using a circuit tester…