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wannaroam · 09-01-2008, 04:56 PM

RBoulton

After taking the rear lights off of the fuse panel everything began working properly. If we can just figure the hook up out we should be good to go.

69AmbassFl · 09-01-2008, 05:04 PM

The blue brake line is totaly seperate function

69AmbassFl · 09-01-2008, 05:05 PM

it has nothing too do with the brake lights

69AmbassFl · 09-01-2008, 05:09 PM

wire the convertor in for the lights and run the blue brake wire to where the brakes for trailer is wired. The electric brakes have nothing to do with the brake lights as far as making them come on,so if the prodigy is already wired in then you need not worry about that till time to adjust it for too much or too little trailer brakes. After you wire the convertor in you should have your lights.

wannaroam · 09-01-2008, 05:13 PM

69AmbassFl - we sort of have two issues here: if we hook it up as is, the brake lights will not operate properly.

But if we add the converter which would solve the stop light dilemma we would not have anywhere to connect the brake line since the converter is only a four prong.

wannaroam · 09-01-2008, 05:16 PM

The electric brakes on the trailer side are wired to the 7 prong at the center.
The Prodigy is wired to the vehicle plug as shown in the pix.

Now, I am flying blind here - could we rewire our tow vehicle with a flat 5 prong, add a 5 to 4 adapter, then add the flat four converter?

69AmbassFl · 09-01-2008, 05:24 PM

If you hook up the convertor to the 7 way plug on the van, the turn signals and the brake lights will work off the same wires down both sides of the trailer. The wires for the trailer are there, so the 5 wire side of the convertor is actually hooked tto the vans wiring and the 4 wire side is connected into the 7 way where your turn signal wires already are. you really don't have to worry about the running light wire since it is already working and not on the same circuit.

69AmbassFl · 09-01-2008, 05:30 PM

do you have the Prodigy wired to the same pin in the plug on the van side as is the trailer? as i said before the electric brakes and the brake lights are on a totally different circuit. As far as the convertor goes you only have to mess with 2 wires at the 7 way on van( Both stop/turns ) cut those 2 and install convertor, then pull a tail light out and find the brake light wire and tie into that and it should work.

wannaroam · 09-01-2008, 05:42 PM

Hubby (understandably) says he has a headache and doesn't want to discuss this anymore today.

He is going to the trailer place tomorrow and I'll have him read this before he does.

But I have one more question:
On e-trailer they have the converter. It has just wires to tie into on the vehicle side. The trailer side ends with the four way plug - could we not just cut that off and wire into the 7 way that we have?

That way the light wires would go through the converter, the brake wire bypasses the converter and all wires go into the 7 way. ?

69AmbassFl · 09-01-2008, 05:46 PM

That is correct, sorry I thought we had mentioned cutting it off and installing into the 7 way

wannaroam · 09-01-2008, 05:54 PM

EEEEk.

Either I did not see that or no one mentioned it.
Certainly no one at Pep boys or Tractor Supply did.....

And a big thank you to all of you who have been helping me, especially 69AmbassFl.

69AmbassFl · 09-01-2008, 06:00 PM

Your welcome, glad to be of assistance. Let us know how it turns out and if there are any more questions.

John

RBolton · 09-01-2008, 06:10 PM

Your pictures are a little confusing. It looks like the silver bullet female connector is on the tow vehicle and the male connector is on the trailer. Maybe that is not the case but if it is - it is backwards from the norm but shouldn't matter as far as your problem.

Ideally the plugs should be wired like this diagram. Notice that the electric brake controller (blue wire) is separate from the turn signals (yellow and green,) The yellow and green wire will also provide your brake light function after installing the converter. After wiring the converter to the tow vehicle lamps (behind the connector) cut off the 4 way plug and wire the yellow, green, brown, and white wires into the 7 way plug as per the diagram. Then make sure that your trailer side plug is wired to match the tow vehicle side plug.

If your husband is going to the trailer place tomorrow have him take the trailer and the tow vehicle. If the trailer is wired properly they could have it fixed as fast as they could explain it. Maybe you or someone could follow him since he'll not have lights.

When I was a kid an old Italilan guy on my street was rear ended while pulling into his drive way. He had an old car and hand signals were still common. The policeman asked if he had signaled before stopping and the old gentleman replied, "He no seeuh my car, he notta gonna seeuh my arm."

I hope your husbands "headache" gets better so you all can take it camping. Roger

mustang · 09-01-2008, 06:24 PM

I missed all the fun. My internet went down. darn thing. Good luck tommorrow Wannaroam

wannaroam · 09-01-2008, 07:03 PM

RBolton

I had the audacity to tell my husband he had the things on backwards and then I decided (belatedly) that discretion was the better part of valor and turned tail and ran. LOL

In his defense this is the way it was when we bought it with the male end on the trailer.

RBolton · 09-01-2008, 07:25 PM

It will work that way but I'd eventually change it. If you ever need to tow the trailer with another TV it is unlikely that you'll find one with the connectors like you have them. It will also make it impossible to trouble shoot a problem by hooking to another TV. Good night.

Mikethefixit · 09-01-2008, 07:27 PM

Did anyone mention that the 7 way plug in the front of the trailer goes to a fuse panel inside on the nose of the trailer under the front window and every line in that pigtail is fused I think.?Check em!

wannaroam · 09-01-2008, 07:35 PM

Mike

Yes, we know about the fuse panel; we put a new one in. But thanks!

RBolton - it is actually someone else that had the TV issue, not me. We just had similar (original) wiring problems. I don't got no stinkin' TV - all I got is an uninspected and to date unused AS!