5-Way Wiring Harness for Boat Trailer

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wiring harness for Ranger bass boat - 5-way, what does the term wishbone mean? What harness do I order?

asked by: Ben C

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A wishbone harness means that there are separate wires for the running light circuits - one for each side of the trailer. For a 5-flat trailer end connector for your Ranger boat trailer, a great choice would be the 5-Flat Connector # A40W5B.

expert reply by: Kyle S

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Answer 1

Unfortunately I have no insight on what Ranger Trailer put on their boat trailers in 2006. All I have to go off is images I could find which looks like they use the Amber #MCL52AB or #MCL52AMB and Red #MCL52RB or #MCL52RMB. The difference is the…

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Answer 2

What you have is a 5-way with a double wishbone, which means it is likely a double wire for marker lights as well as a double ground. You can replace your 5-way with another wishbone-style but it does not need to be a double wishbone with 7 wires,…

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Answer 3

You have 2 options for your 25 Ft 4-Way Trailer Wiring Harness #A25W2GWB when wiring in the Optronics LED Combination Trailer Tail Lights #TLL160RK. First is the way I recommend since the harness has the full length ground wires is to cut off the…

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Answer 4

I have a couple of good options for you but there aren't any available adapters. Instead you will remove your current pigtails like the Optronics 2-Wire Marker Light Pigtails part #AL42PB. Once removed you add the the 2-Wire Pigtail for Optronics…

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Answer 5

Yes, you can use a 25 Ft 4-Way Trailer Wiring Harness #A25W2GWB with a full length ground wire to ground your Tail Lights. You will not have to ground either the harness or the lights to the frame on your aluminum trailer. I recommend using Heat…

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Answer 6

It sounds like you need an Optronics wishbone wiring harness, part #A35W42B. This 4-Way has a prong that has two wires that come out of it. The reason some 4-Ways have two wires coming out of one port is because that prong represents the tail light…

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Answer 7

You can use a standard 5-pole trailer connector, you'll just need to wire it a certain way. The #HM47900 you referenced is the vehicle side connector, you need the trailer side connector like part #HM47910, which would wire as shown in the…

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Answer 8

You will need the following components as we do not have a kit with a full length ground wire harness. 4-Way Trailer Harness #A25W2GWB Driver Tail Light #STL37RB Passenger Tail Light #STL36RPG License Plate Bracket #LP10SB

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Answer 9

I am unable find any lights like these that have the 4 wires for attaching to the light. You should be able to test each of the wires for their function using a 12 volt battery and connecting the wires directly to the terminals. My only concern is…

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Answer 10

You have what is called a wishbone harness like #A20WB. This type of harness take the running light circuit and splits it at the trailer connector so that you do not have to run a jumper wire from one tail light to the other. The yellow/brown wire is…

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Answer 11

It sounds like you have a wishbone harness. On a typical 4-way connector, you would have a yellow wire that would be for a left turn and left brake light signal, and a green wire for the right turn and right brake light signal. You would also have a…

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Answer 12

Either option will work fine. If it was my decision to make I would ground the trailer wiring on the frame near the coupler since that's easiest and just as effective, but if you had an aluminum frame trailer or a dump trailer you'd have to…

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