On Nov 30, 9:32*pm, "John Bojack" wrote:
Picking up a new Cobra trailer at the port on Tuesday......wondering if I
can expect just to plug it into my SUV motorhome and have the lights working
correctly? * Anyone with a success story ?

Trailer and SUV are both fitted witht the new large plug and receptacle.

Thanks!

J4

I doubt it will be plug and play, you can thank the crazy combined
brake/turn signal lights used in the USA. I assume you mean both are
wired with a US 7-way RV plug (Europe uses a very different "large
plug"). I still had to change a few wires around when I picked mine up
(factory wired with a 7-way RV plug). I expect you have to change
wires to bulbs in the tail light assembly and maybe at the trailer
connection as well. It was easier to just work it out than try to have
people say what needed to me moved where. Print out this page
http://www.marksrv.com/wiring.htm and take it with you. You should
only need a few standard screwdrivers and worse case a pair of needle
nosed pliers to help persuade any (Faston) blade connectors on or off.
The worse thing with my trailer was they had cut the cable to the tow
vehicle really short and it would barely reach to the (offset) 7-way
RV socket on my SUV. I ended up pulling out some lengths of the
internal wiring and stretching it to give just enough cable out front.

I also like to carry several alligator and similar clips on reasonably
long cables. With the right ones it makes debugging these sorts of
things very easy. Just use the clip leads to steal 12V DC or a
flashing turn signal from the tow vehicle socket and clip to all the
trailer leads in turn and go look at which ones tail lights flash etc.
and use this to draw a quick circuit diagram.

Talk to your dealer, they should have the best info, I believe some
dealers and/or the glider manufactures ask the factory to do slightly
different things.

Darryl