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Re: trailer wiring?

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Subject: Re: trailer wiring?
From: Sethracer@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:55:12 EDT
In a message dated 6/1/00 11:52:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
greg_umbay@yahoo.com writes:

<< You mentioned that it is a 4 wire plug.  Is that a single harness for the 
whole trailer?  Then it should be one brake light wire, left turn wire, right 
turn wire and common ground.  Yeah that sounds right, common ground and 
psitive trigger.  If I am right then you can hook the brake wire to one of 
the brake lights, one wire for each right and left turn signals and then 
gound wire.  Realys may not be needed.
 
 Was that enough blah blah blah   -  Greg >>

No - the four wire is probably 1.) a running light hot (which will be fed to 
both rear bulbs), 2.) a left brake/turn, 3.) a right brake/turn and 4.)a 
ground. This set-up is used when the towing vehicle uses a common brake/turn 
filiment. But, although many cars use the same filiment in the bulb for both, 
many use a separate brake light and turn light circuit. If your MR2 does, you 
will likely need a relay. It depend on your car's wiring whether you need a 
relay or not. - Seth Emerson

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