Viking to Honda Pilot Electrical Connection Question

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John - 30 Jul 2006 15:21 GMT

We just bought a '96 Viking trailer that comes with a (I think) round
7-pin connector (which plugs into a rectangular block). I installed a
factory wiring harness on the Pilot - a four-pin flat connector. If I
buy a 4-pin to 7-pin adapter, do I need to do any re-wiring to make the
brake lights, etc work ok? I assume there'll be no power to the
trailer's 12V battery with this setup. Is there a way (an easy way I
should say) to enable this? TIA.

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Rich256 - 30 Jul 2006 16:45 GMT

> We just bought a '96 Viking trailer that comes with a (I think) round
> 7-pin connector (which plugs into a rectangular block). I installed a
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> trailer's 12V battery with this setup. Is there a way (an easy way I
> should say) to enable this? TIA.

Yes an adapter should work.

But!! Does the trailer have electric brakes?

If the trailer came with a 7 pin connector it probably has electric
brakes. You then need a 7 pin on the tow vehicle and a brake controller.

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tobe - 30 Jul 2006 18:01 GMT

The connections in a flat four are usually:

Running lights
Left turn signal/brake light
Right turn signal/brake light
Ground

The seven pin connectors add:
12 Volts
Brakes
'Auxiliary' [sometimes used for back-up light(s)]

For common wire color schemes, see:
http://www.etrailer.com/faq/wiring.asp

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