

| Subject: | Trailer light converter. |
| From: | VWRuss |
| Date: | Sun, 2 Jan 2000 07:47:30 -0500 |
I thought this might be of interest to those who tow. I was ready to hook up
my trailer to my /whisper Mazda /end whisper using a U-Haul three-to-two wire
converter. Well after all was wired on both the car and trailer, I had
problems with the right blinker. I swapped the connections reversing the
blinkers and the problem migrated to the left. With the help of my pal Greg, a
better electronics person than I, we came up with a schematic for a converter:
GND = GROUND
TL = TAIL LIGHTS
LTS = LEFT TURN SIGNAL
ST = STOP or BRAKE LIGHTS
RTS = RIGHT TURN SIGNAL
GND ------------(white)-------------------------------------- GND
TL ------------(brown)-------------------------------------- TL
|\ |
| \|
LTS ------------(yellow)--------------+ +----+-------------- LTS/ST
| /| _|_
|/ | / \
/ \
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ST ------------(red)-------------------------+
__|__
\ /
|\ | _\ /_
| \| |
RTS ------------(green)---------------+ +----+-------------- RTS/ST
| /|
|/ |
We are going to try it out today. I'll send an update...
VWRuss
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