Posted 2011-03-28 7:34 AM (#132232) Subject: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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Hey guys my dad has a featherlite bumper pull horse trailer and we are wiring in a 7 prong plug to it and i need to know what the wire colors correspond with on the trailer..i tried like e-trailer and stuff, but this trailer has a red wire and i don't see that on their diagram for a 7 prong plug. If anyone has a featherlite diagram i would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Posted 2011-03-28 8:09 AM (#132238 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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i saw that but the connector i'm using is a 7 flat pin connector not round..click this link and scroll down to the 7-pin flat connector and if you look there isn't any red wire?http://www.etrailer.com/faq-wiring.aspx
Posted 2011-03-28 8:32 AM (#132242 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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Trial and Error? I'd get a 12v battery and a couple extra long wire leads--ground to the negative side of the battery and red wire to the positive side, see what lights up.. Connect it to the correct wire for the 7 pin flat.
If it were me, I'd change the truck plug out to a 7 Round instead of the trailer's.
Posted 2011-03-28 8:55 AM (#132243 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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Its a dodge ram 2500 it came factory with a 7 flat pin round connector. We are having problems with the trailer lights so we decided to try and replace the connector on the trailer thinking it was bad..I tested the trucks plug with a voltmeter and it all seems to work accordingly.
Posted 2011-03-28 8:55 AM (#132244 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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I agree, switch the plug as long as you are in the process of rewiring.
All the trucks are coming with the 7pin Round RV plug. It's the standard and has been for the last 10 years on new trucks. By switching out, you could tow that trailer with a friends truck and not need an adapter.
Posted 2011-03-28 9:17 AM (#132245 - in reply to #132243) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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I just finished fixing a very frustrating wiring problem with my Featherlite bumper pull trailer and Dodge Ram 2500 truck. Explain to us exactly what type of problem you are having and maybe someone can help. You might be wasting your time switching the plugs, etc.
Posted 2011-03-28 9:45 AM (#132247 - in reply to #132246) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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OK so explain what you had when you started again please. I reread the previous posts and I think it would be helpful to start from the beginning. Did the trailer have a 7 way RV (flat blade) connector? Did the truck have the original 7 way RV connector?
Posted 2011-03-28 9:52 AM (#132248 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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yes the trailer has a 7 flat blade connector and the dodge has the factory 7 flat blade plug in. the lights worked before this winter and now when i plug in the trailer to the truck all the lights on the trailer and truck light up as if they have constant power all the time.
Posted 2011-03-28 9:58 AM (#132249 - in reply to #132248) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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Have you tried a temporary ground from the trailer frame to the truck frame. I usually do this while trouble shooting any wiring problems. I take a vise-grip and clean a spot on the truck frame, clamp a cooper wire to the truck and do the same for the trailer. That eliminates 90% of the problems when determining what is wrong. The other thing I would ask is have you added anything to the trailer such as an awning, replaced any broken screws, added anything to the upper left side of the trailer?
Posted 2011-03-28 10:05 AM (#132250 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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nothing has been added to the trailer. But last night i moved some wires and thought maybe they were in the wrong place on the trailer plug and now i cant find a wiring diagram to show me what color is what so i can hook up the new plug and start testing the ground. do you remember what color was what for the featherlite?
Posted 2011-03-28 10:21 AM (#132253 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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and if i remember correctly there isn't a blue wire coming from the trailer..i remember being confused about the red wire and not having a blue wire last night.
Posted 2011-03-28 10:23 AM (#132255 - in reply to #132252) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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Pull the trailer plug apart, run a jumper wire from the hot pin on the truck, this should be the one at the 1:00 o'clock position, disconnect the red wire from the trailer plug, then connect the jumper wire to the red wire. Check the interior trailer lights and see if they work. If they do then that wire should be connected to the mating pin at 1:00 o'clock on the trailer plug. Do this while you have your ground wire clamped to the frame of the truck and trailer. If the interior lights work use the same procedure for the black wire, connect it to the jumper wire and determine if that wire feeds the tail lights or exactly what it feeds. If the black wire feeds the trailer brakes you should hear a click when connecting the power because the magnets will grab the inside of the brake drum.
Posted 2011-03-28 10:30 AM (#132256 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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OK, i just don't understand why this trailer has different wire colors than every website is showing me..there's no blue and a red AND a Black. I will do some testing when i get out of work today.
Posted 2011-03-28 10:38 AM (#132258 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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The only reason i was assuming the black wire was power and the red had to be for the brakes was because on the etrailer diagram they have the black wire for the 12v. you could be right tho.
Posted 2011-03-28 10:41 AM (#132259 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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i used a volt meter also to test each prong on the truck side while i had my dad hit the brakes,turn signal etc and they all had power when they were supposed to. So I'm almost 100% sure the problem is on the trailer side.
Posted 2011-03-28 12:22 PM (#132266 - in reply to #132232) Subject: RE: Featherlite Wiring HELP!
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featherlite just sent me a PDF with the color codes. Red is the electric brakes. and blackis the aux/back up lights. Its saying the blue is the aux./break away battery
Featherlite Wiring HELP!
