[AT] @!#%^% Trailer Wiring

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

Those are the two pages that I keep in the service manuals for both my 
vehicles. The service manuals stay in the trucks just in case.

I did not have them book marked so I had a difficult time finding them 
on line Friday. They are both bookmark now.

The connectors usually are labeled with the LD GD A etc. designators. I 
always verify on or two of these to orient myself. That almost makes it 
idiot proof.

Speaking of making things Idiot proof. I work for a company that makes 
equipment for Seismic crews. We use a lot of the circular military 
connectors. I have seen equipment return from the field where someone 
managed to plug in two of the same sex connectors together. This is from 
a system fielded in Russa. It seems that with vodka and a 300 lb 
geophone engineer anything is possible.


Len Rugen wrote:
>>http://www.etrailer.com/faq/wiring.asp
>>
> 
> 
> This is one of the sites that I used, and I think one of the "correct" ones.
> 
> However, look closely at the 6-wire connection.  You are viewing the car end
> from the rear of the car and the trailer end from the front of the trailer.
> But you see the wires, so some intrepret it completely backwards....  sigh.
> 
> The ends have to connect to each other, why are both pictured? (!)
> 
> Take a look at
> http://www.tekonsha.com/instructions/Connector%20Wiring%20Diag.pdf
> 
> It has two DIFFERENT 6-wire diagrams. But on closer study, they are the
> same.  The difference is the view is reversed and the wire colors are
> different.  Sigh....
> 
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