Where Does Trailer Wiring that is Brown/Yellow and Brown/Green Attach on Trailer with Solid Brown

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Im confused about my trailer wires looks like a wishbone set up I have a yellow and a yellow and brown also a solid green and a green and brown So where is the solid brown wire go Im confuse had a hook all that up

asked by: Michael

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You do have the wishbone trailer wiring setup. What that means is that if you have a solid brown wire it attaches to the brown and green wire as well as the brown and yellow wire.

Yellow goes to left stop/turn, green goes to right stop/turn, and white is ground.

expert reply by: Jameson C

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Answer 1

The yellow/brown and green/brown wires are the running light circuit on the trailer. The new 4-way that has a single brown wire can still be used but you will need to run both wires of the trailer to single brown wire on the 4-way. This is a very…

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Your yellow/brown wire most likely ties into the brown running light wire. Typically, when a trailer has a green/brown wire and a yellow/brown wire, they are both used for the running light circuit. The green/brown wire is ran down the right side of…

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Answer 4

It sounds like you are speaking of the wires for the brake magnets. If this is correct, you will need to connect one of the wires to the brake controller output wire on your trailer connector and the other wire will need to be grounded to a clean…

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Answer 5

Your 4-pin/5-wire wiring harness is what is called a "wishbone" type which simply means that there are two separate running light wires, one brown and one pink. This allows a separate running light wire for each side of the trailer which…

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Answer 6

Normally, the green wire on the right side carries right turn signal and brake light functions and the brown wire carries running light functions. On the left side, the yellow wire carries left turn and brake lights and the brown wire again carries…

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Answer 7

Going by the colors that you mentioned, it sounds like you have the typical set-up, green wire for right turn and brake, white wire for ground, yellow wire for left turn and brake, brown with green wire for right side running lights, and brown with…

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Answer 8

On a 4-Way flat trailer wiring harness, white is the ground, brown is running lights, yellow is left turn signal and green is right turn signal. It sounds like your trailer has a wishbone harness. A wishbone harness splits the running light circuit…

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

If it was a 4-pin connector with 5 wires then it is called a wishbone harness and would have 2 wires attached to the running light pin so you have one wire for each side of the trailer. Typically, on a 4-Way, the white wire is ground, brown is…

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Answer 11

The brown (running light) wires all run to each other as they carry the same circuit. The reason there is two browns on the trailer side is because there are running lights that are on both sides of the trailer. Aside from that all the rest of the…

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Answer 12

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