dougrainer
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dmussell56 wrote:I am learning from you people and the interweb. After a few searches I see the ESCO KAL wiring harness has 6 wires (yellow being aux), with red(LT&B) brown(RT&B), green(tail lights).
The harness wires go in to, (I wish I was smart enough to know what every part was called) a rectangular rubber "thingy", and a red, brown, green set of wires comes out the other side and goes to the back of my trailer.
Anyone who has forgotten more that I will ever know is laughing at my ignorance.
Anyway, it looks as if the right wires are indeed going to my tail light modules.
BINGO, That box is your problem. Once they went to LED trailer lights(low amp pull), some OEM's installed that box to allow the SIDE clearance lights to flash when turn signals ON. Left turn signal Left side markers flash. Right turn signal, right side markers flash. That box is defective. There should be a Brand and P/N on the box and if you are still under warranty, the OEM will replace. Doug
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dougrainer
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https://www.motomentum.com/sdc-tri-star-........l-to-brake-light-conversion-module-72342
This is just one version of that box. Doug
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bucky
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7 wire color chart
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dougrainer
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Absolutely WRONG! This is the problem with using the Web to find out things. This is the correct RV 7 way. Doug
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dougrainer wrote:dmussell56 wrote:I am learning from you people and the interweb. After a few searches I see the ESCO KAL wiring harness has 6 wires (yellow being aux), with red(LT&B) brown(RT&B), green(tail lights).
The harness wires go in to, (I wish I was smart enough to know what every part was called) a rectangular rubber "thingy", and a red, brown, green set of wires comes out the other side and goes to the back of my trailer.
Anyone who has forgotten more that I will ever know is laughing at my ignorance.
Anyway, it looks as if the right wires are indeed going to my tail light modules.
BINGO, That box is your problem. Once they went to LED trailer lights(low amp pull), some OEM's installed that box to allow the SIDE clearance lights to flash when turn signals ON. Left turn signal Left side markers flash. Right turn signal, right side markers flash. That box is defective. There should be a Brand and P/N on the box and if you are still under warranty, the OEM will replace. Doug
Thank you Doug. Very informative, learned something new today!
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Grit dog
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Maybe you know, as I only learned this a few years ago, that there are 2 completely different wiring color conventions. Why?
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Boon Docker
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The wiring of those two charts is identical.
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Grit dog
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Boon Docker wrote:
The wiring of those two charts is identical.
Try again...
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nickthehunter
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The positions are labeled the same, but the colors are all different; hence you would be putting the wrong color wire on the terminal.
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dmussell56
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I have no issues with cutting holes in the walls of my house to diagnose any issue because I know how ti fix it.
After learning what wires were what and figuring out how to pop off the tail light assembly, I looked at the right one first and it was wired properly. Brown wire (RT) to the red lead.
I take off the left tail light and what do I find? The installer had coupled the red wire (LT) AND the brown wire (RT) together and connected that to the red lead. That explains why both light blinked when either was turned on. Right or left, each was always getting power. Cut the red wires and into a separate connector and it works perfect.
When I started the topic I had no clue about any of this, and you people educated me to the point where I had the knowledge to recognize how it was ****** up when it left the factory.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. If we are ever in the same campsite, I will offer you a beer!!
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