dst87mcssac
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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- Aug 20, 2007
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Hello,
I just rebuilt and rewired a trailer with LED Lights for over 80" Wide for a Ski Boat. I am pulling my rig with a 2004 Chevy Tahoe with a Factory installed seven wire towing package. I also pull a utility trailer and pontoon trailer and I have never had good luck with getting my lights to work correctly for long. I have replaced the under the hood trailer fuse in the past to make the lights work, but they do not seem to work for long period of time. My fuse may be my problem now, but after looking at the Tailer Light instructions I now realize that I need a Turn Signal Converter.
It this rebuild I ran independent ground wires to a central location at the tongue and tied into the harness ground to try to eliminate any grounding issues.
I REALIZE THAT I NEED A TAIL LIGHT SIGNAL CONVERTER to split the seperate turn and brake signal from the Tahoe to one that can be used by the trailer LED lights. I have the seperate amber turn signals that are seperate from my brake lights on my 2004 Chevy Tahoe.
The Tahoe came with a Factory Towing Package that uses a 7 Blade Round Plug. For years I have used an adapater that plugs into the hole and converts the wires to a four pole setup all self contained within the adapter itself. My new trailer wires are a four pole plug type.
I have seen several types of Signal Light converter in the Iboat store and on etrailer.com. and I am still a little confused and here is my questions:
#1) Do I need to remove my factory Round Seven Blade Plug and hard wire in one of these converters?
#2) It appears to me that the converter has five wires running into it from the tow vehicle and four wires to the trailer coming out of the converter. Can I put a five pole plug on the Towing vehicle side of the Turn Signal Converter Box? This FIve Pole Plug would then plug into a new Seven Blade Round to FIVE adapter. On the Trailer side of the converter box, I would put a four pole plug that will mate up with the four plug trailer harness? Naturally, I would have to make sure I have the male and female plugs in the right places.
I am trying to come up with a Plug in Play method of not changing the factory Seven Blade system. I am now sure that by not having the Turn Signal converter in the past is why I have had so many trailer light problems over the years.
Your help and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Donald
I just rebuilt and rewired a trailer with LED Lights for over 80" Wide for a Ski Boat. I am pulling my rig with a 2004 Chevy Tahoe with a Factory installed seven wire towing package. I also pull a utility trailer and pontoon trailer and I have never had good luck with getting my lights to work correctly for long. I have replaced the under the hood trailer fuse in the past to make the lights work, but they do not seem to work for long period of time. My fuse may be my problem now, but after looking at the Tailer Light instructions I now realize that I need a Turn Signal Converter.
It this rebuild I ran independent ground wires to a central location at the tongue and tied into the harness ground to try to eliminate any grounding issues.
I REALIZE THAT I NEED A TAIL LIGHT SIGNAL CONVERTER to split the seperate turn and brake signal from the Tahoe to one that can be used by the trailer LED lights. I have the seperate amber turn signals that are seperate from my brake lights on my 2004 Chevy Tahoe.
The Tahoe came with a Factory Towing Package that uses a 7 Blade Round Plug. For years I have used an adapater that plugs into the hole and converts the wires to a four pole setup all self contained within the adapter itself. My new trailer wires are a four pole plug type.
I have seen several types of Signal Light converter in the Iboat store and on etrailer.com. and I am still a little confused and here is my questions:
#1) Do I need to remove my factory Round Seven Blade Plug and hard wire in one of these converters?
#2) It appears to me that the converter has five wires running into it from the tow vehicle and four wires to the trailer coming out of the converter. Can I put a five pole plug on the Towing vehicle side of the Turn Signal Converter Box? This FIve Pole Plug would then plug into a new Seven Blade Round to FIVE adapter. On the Trailer side of the converter box, I would put a four pole plug that will mate up with the four plug trailer harness? Naturally, I would have to make sure I have the male and female plugs in the right places.
I am trying to come up with a Plug in Play method of not changing the factory Seven Blade system. I am now sure that by not having the Turn Signal converter in the past is why I have had so many trailer light problems over the years.
Your help and thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Donald