Installation of Trailer Lights with Red, Black, and White Wires to Traditional Trailer Wire Colors
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Have a harness that has green yellow and brown. But the tail lights are red black and white. What goes were
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Red, black, and white wires are common on many tail light assemblies. When this is the case, you will have red as stop and turn, black as running light, and white as ground. So you will connect yellow to red on one side of the trailer and green to red on the other side. Then on each side you will connect white to your frame or mounting hardware, and brown to black for your running lights. I've attached a video of similar lights # STL69RB to assist.
If you need additional wire, use # 16-4B-1. If you need connectors I recommend # DW05744-5.

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Connie
5/16/2020
I bought new lights for my trailer. The new light only have 2 black wires on them. How to I connect these to the trailer wiring?