Yes the title might seem confusing, but so is my mind.
The story: recently bought a Roll-A-Home trailer, it has a 5 conductor system on it for lighting, separate tail brake and turn signals. My previous trailer had the combined turn tail and stop lights like most do. The ST's have a separate system and I had installed a 5 to 4 wire adapter. 4 wire being the most common trailer plug.
The new trailer needed to be re-wired. The previous owner and I think the factory had set it up with a four wire plug, but the wiring was not standard. The hots were all the plugs wires, the neutral was picked up through the hitch ball. Not an acceptable solution.
I could have re-wired the trailer to just use a standard four, remove (or just not use) the amber turn indicators on the trailer. But I felt like I was losing a little visibility, plus I woudl rather remove the adapter from the bike then some bright lights from the trailer.
It would seem an easy solution to re-wire my bike, remove the 5-4 wire adapter and wire the 5 wire to the trailer direct. But then it provides the problem of not being able to tow the pop-up trailer with the car, as it has a 4 wire plug.
I could add a 4-5 wire adapter to the car, but then it's just more expense and an unneeded piece of gear.
I did convert the trailer from the typical 1157 dual filament incandescent bulb to an LED set up. Found some nice oval assemblies I could install inside the original OEM housings. Pretty slick and bright as they need while only drawing a lowly 0.25 amps each.
With a bit of late-night creativity and a few $.05 diodes, I came up with my final solution. Put both a 5 wire and a 4 wire plug on the trailer. Then it could be towed with either vehicle and if I happen to sell it in the future the new owner won't worry about wiring their bike in any special way.
When in 5 wire use mode, the tail, stop and turn lamps are all working as designed independent, with an amendment, the turn signal will flash both the amber and the corresponding side red brake light. If you apply the brake, it will override the flash and make the brake light solid. You could eliminate the two diodes at the bottom of the drawing if you do not like this feature.
When in 4 wire mode, the amber turn signals are not used, the brake/turn lighting is all handled by the red lights.
Clear as Mississippi mud?
The story: recently bought a Roll-A-Home trailer, it has a 5 conductor system on it for lighting, separate tail brake and turn signals. My previous trailer had the combined turn tail and stop lights like most do. The ST's have a separate system and I had installed a 5 to 4 wire adapter. 4 wire being the most common trailer plug.
The new trailer needed to be re-wired. The previous owner and I think the factory had set it up with a four wire plug, but the wiring was not standard. The hots were all the plugs wires, the neutral was picked up through the hitch ball. Not an acceptable solution.
I could have re-wired the trailer to just use a standard four, remove (or just not use) the amber turn indicators on the trailer. But I felt like I was losing a little visibility, plus I woudl rather remove the adapter from the bike then some bright lights from the trailer.
It would seem an easy solution to re-wire my bike, remove the 5-4 wire adapter and wire the 5 wire to the trailer direct. But then it provides the problem of not being able to tow the pop-up trailer with the car, as it has a 4 wire plug.
I could add a 4-5 wire adapter to the car, but then it's just more expense and an unneeded piece of gear.
I did convert the trailer from the typical 1157 dual filament incandescent bulb to an LED set up. Found some nice oval assemblies I could install inside the original OEM housings. Pretty slick and bright as they need while only drawing a lowly 0.25 amps each.
With a bit of late-night creativity and a few $.05 diodes, I came up with my final solution. Put both a 5 wire and a 4 wire plug on the trailer. Then it could be towed with either vehicle and if I happen to sell it in the future the new owner won't worry about wiring their bike in any special way.
When in 5 wire use mode, the tail, stop and turn lamps are all working as designed independent, with an amendment, the turn signal will flash both the amber and the corresponding side red brake light. If you apply the brake, it will override the flash and make the brake light solid. You could eliminate the two diodes at the bottom of the drawing if you do not like this feature.
When in 4 wire mode, the amber turn signals are not used, the brake/turn lighting is all handled by the red lights.
Clear as Mississippi mud?
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