7 wire pig tail questions

[Deleted member 995608]

I need to rewire my live stock trailer, a pretty simple task. I was looking at the pre-molded, 7 wire pigtails on E-trailer, Southwestwheel, Amazon etc. What's up with the wire color change for turn signals, brakes, etc?

For my entire life, yellow/green was turn signals, brown for aux, blue for brakes....... and all these per-molded tails have the wire colors switched around. Are these just cheap China products where standards don't exists?

 

[SnoKing]

Here!

 

[Deleted member 995608]

I've seen that Sno. All I wanted was the pre-molded 7 blade plug cord, but all I can find is what I deem as un-standard wiring colors from what I grew up with. What's labeled as "traditional" in the above pic is how I was always taught to wire.

 

[PBJ2500CTD]

So much for standard wiring...
Here is a link to Curt Manufacturing:
https://www.curtmfg.com/understanding-towing/towing-electrical-wiring

 

[SnoKing]

I've seen that Sno. All I wanted was the pre-molded 7 blade plug cord, but all I can find is what I deem as un-standard wiring colors from what I grew up with. What's labeled as "traditional" in the above pic is how I was always taught to wire.

Showing your age?

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Showing your age?

insert (Middle Finger) emoji

 

[Deleted member 995608]

We had a 36' TH for several years but I never had to get into the wiring or had to troubleshoot lights on it.

I've built about a dozen trailers with electric brakes over the years (two of which are mine) and I've always wired them the same. The only experience I have with different wiring (apparently I'm too young at 42 to understand) is when someone with zero experience tried to fix their own heap of junk.

 

[SnoKing]

My first experience with rewiring a 7 pin connector was some 40+ years go in my thirties when I had a 15' Aladdin bumper pull. I had moved the 63 Chevy sub close to the tongue to plug the trailer in to charge the battery while dry camping in Eastern Washington. Everyone was getting ready to leave Sunday afternoon and I jumped in the sub and pulled forward to line up to hitch up and pulled all the wires out of the plug. No internet back then and no wiring diagram. I had to just figure it out wire by wire while all my buddies were saying hurry up. SnoKing

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Tracing and testing wires is relatively easy. However, I appreciate a common standard. Doing whatever the ef you want leads to confusion, much like the demOCRAPS do today; always moving the goal posts.

 

[SnoKing]

Tracing and testing wires is relatively easy. However, I appreciate a common standard. Doing whatever the ef you want leads to confusion, much like the demOCRAPS do today; always moving the goal posts.

You need to get a life!

It is only 7 wires!

Build a little table:

Brown = xxx
White = xxx
Red = xxx
Green = xxx
Black = xxx
Blue = xxx
Yellow = xxx

 

[Deleted member 995608]

Thanks Grandpa! Now I learned how to spelt my colors today

 

[PBJ2500CTD]

You need to get a life!

It is only 7 wires!

Build a little table:

Brown = xxx
White = xxx
Red = xxx
Green = xxx
Black = xxx
Blue = xxx
Yellow = xxx

Gosh. Gather 'round the table boys! That's a lot of sippin' from the little brown jug ...do ya get an extra round of sippin' for namin' any other colors?

 

[BIGNASTY]

Do yourself a favor and go to a commercial plug & socket, bought my truck & trailer in 04 and took it home and changed it from plastic RV trash to a good commercial grade plug and have never had a problem. I naturally have to make same change on all trailers pulled with the truck. The upside is that thieves can't connect to the trailer