Is it ever just "plug and play"?

On Dec 1, 10:58*am, BB wrote:
I think the best solution is to get the wiring diagram from the
spindelberger website, buy a female European connector from your
favorite glider vendor, and wire it up from the lights with separate
amber turn signals and red brake signals. It's a better system, and
means you don't modify your trailer, plus then you can come get me
from a field. This will be plug and play when you get to the port. The
Euro plug has spade connectors, so if you screw up it's easy to fix.
If your car is already wired, you just have to fish out the turn
signals. Most new cars come with a tailer harness plug with all seven
wires (and more) deep in there somewhere, so then you just call the
dealer and get the trailer wire plug.

John Cochrane

You can only do this if your vehicle has amber turn signals separate
from the brake lights. Check your vehicle.

Of course no matter what you do there will always be some turn/brake
light incompatibility between those who made their trailer US-
compliant and those who were able to make their tow vehicle Euro-
compliant. That makes for lots of fun at contests for the crew-less
set. I used to run full Euro wiring, including the plug. Now I use a
use 7-pin US plug and Euro wiring so at least someone can get a half-
workable solution if they have to tow my trailer with a US-standard
vehicle. If you ever fly crew-less it also makes sense to have some
converter pigtails to the US 4-pin plug and even the Euro plug if you
are totally anal.

9B