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5 trailer wires
Dirty rotten thief cut off my trailer plug. I thought it would be a simple matter to buy a new plug. But no. There's 5 wires on the trailer. Four wire plug on my car. I know the old trailer plug was 4 wires (i would have noticed if they did not fit, hehe!).
I cant get to the wire junction on the trailer to look at it, it is tucked between the tire and bunk with a boat on top :) I found a wiring diagram for 5 wire, but that indicates the extra wire is for brakes. I do not have any brakes. Well, not on the trailer, anyways. Is it possible someone just doubled up the brown wire (eg to left and right side) and that is why there are 5? 
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10-10-2014, 05:58 PM
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On your trailer you most likely have:
White, ground Green, right turn/ brake Yellow, left turn/ brake Brown, x2 for right and left tails/ marker (one to run down each side of the trailer)
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10-10-2014, 06:50 PM
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Thanks, that configuration was my suspicion. The trailer wires are two duplex pairs. Colors are pretty faded, but they might have been yellow + yellow/brown stripe and green + green/brown stripe at one point. It makes sense, I just wanted a peer check (positive reinforcement). Thats how i rewired the plug, but running lights not working. Thats what prompted this post. Now that i have some confidence that it is correct, i can check the circuit at the car.
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#4
10-10-2014, 07:18 PM
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99.999999999999999999999% of the time it's a ground issue. and 0.000000000000000000001% of the time it's a toss up between a ground or something else.
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#5
10-10-2014, 08:09 PM
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5th wire(blue) is for a trailer brake lock out, it hooks to your back up lights. you can still get the 4 wire plugs
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#6
10-11-2014, 10:06 AM
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my brand new trailer has a 5 pin plug. Truck is 4 pin. Trailer guy said 5th is for brakes but I dont have brakes so it doesnt go anywhere. They always wire them that way now. He said just plug the 5 pin into the four pin, the dead one will be on the end, not connected.
That being said, I think the fifth wire in your case is the second brown wire. They get tied together to connect to the same pin on the plug.
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