Trailer wiring help
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Trailer wiring help
I am helping a buddy that bought a trailer to pull behind his standard. I wired the trailer and it is a 4 wire plug. Used some cool Maltese cross lights on the back for a motorcycle. He bought a splice adapter thing from J&P that T's between his factory harness that has 5 wires coming off it. My question is how do you wire this? The wires off the plug are R turn, L turn, tail, stop, and ground. The trailer uses L and R turn signal as brake. Am I missing something? If I wire the brake with the turn how will the lights flash when it uses the same filiment? Help please.[:@]
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Road Warrior
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RE: Trailer wiring help
I have the T, is that the adaper you speak of or is this adapter to adapt 5 wire to 4?3 seperate things or 2? A couple links maybe to get me pointed in the right dirrection? Thanks.. confused [&:]
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Ah don't know 'bout the rest of ya'll, but ah see someone fixin' ta replace a wirin' harness, unless the entire freakin' bike burns...
DUDE - back AWAY from that bike, and go find someone QUALIFIED ta do this! Ah am NOT tryin' ta dis ya, but yer in WAY over yer head.
DUDE - back AWAY from that bike, and go find someone QUALIFIED ta do this! Ah am NOT tryin' ta dis ya, but yer in WAY over yer head.
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Just wired my 08 Ultra. I purchased a wiring harness and isolator from Kuryakn.
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RE: Trailer wiring help
ORIGINAL: TexasRedneck
Ah don't know 'bout the rest of ya'll, but ah see someone fixin' ta replace a wirin' harness, unless the entire freakin' bike burns...
DUDE - back AWAY from that bike, and go find someone QUALIFIED ta do this! Ah am NOT tryin' ta dis ya, but yer in WAY over yer head.
Ah don't know 'bout the rest of ya'll, but ah see someone fixin' ta replace a wirin' harness, unless the entire freakin' bike burns...
DUDE - back AWAY from that bike, and go find someone QUALIFIED ta do this! Ah am NOT tryin' ta dis ya, but yer in WAY over yer head.
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RE: Trailer wiring help
You have to go to an auto parts store and getan adapter(so to speak)hobby makes one as to others, it converts motorcycle turnsignals/brakelights type system to a two light system like trailers have on it. I got mine at auto zone and I know Wally World also sell them. They have five wires going in and 4 coming out...Makes life real simple, if you have the rear turnsignals converted to also act as brake lights, be careful what kind of trailer lights you use,as they can over load the converter on that harness(speaking from experience)..
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I am using a powered drawtite isolator.
By having it's own power line the isolator takes the load of the bikes wiring harness. And if you ever have any wiring issues on the trailer, it keeps the problem from migrating to the bikes electronics.
It works great.
Brake lights and turn signals operate on same filament in the trailer bulbs.
By having it's own power line the isolator takes the load of the bikes wiring harness. And if you ever have any wiring issues on the trailer, it keeps the problem from migrating to the bikes electronics.
It works great.
Brake lights and turn signals operate on same filament in the trailer bulbs.