Trailer wiring

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  1. Big Dee

    Big Dee Member

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    I have done 2 pulls with my truck . Hook up to a trailer last weekend and plugged in to the 7 pin hookup and I don't have brake lite or right turn signal. Check with a test lite to see if it was the trailer and it is not . Check the flat four to, and it's the same thing . Any Ideas:confused:
     
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    No brake light on both sides or just the right? If just the right I'd have someone step on the brake while you have a multimeter (voltmeter) on the right (R) pin on your 7 pin connector. if it no workie, then you have a fuse or wiring problem. Next question, does your right taillight on the truck work?
     
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    The tail lights on the truck do work . I will check the voltage to see what Iam getting , Thanks
     
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    Well? Update?
     
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    It was two blowen fuse under the dash in the fuse block:)
     
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    haha wish i would have seen this thread earlier cuz the same thing happened to me... i didnt think to check the fuses and i took it to the dealer and they charged me like 40 bucks to change a fuse :doah:
     
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    Someone in town told me to look there first, The bad part was I had wired in the power brake and thought I had done something wrong so I thought it was going to cost me out the noise to fix. But I check some fuses and found the bad one. Replaced it with the new fuses that glow if they blow, To make life easier down the road. I guess we learn the hard way.waytogo
     
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    Keep an eye on it. Fuses ussually just don't blow for no reason.
     
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    They do when you have a short on your trailer .
     
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    Exactly.
     

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