RichieL1054
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- Aug 26, 2020
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That’s what I did with my cord. Sat on the ground at the back of the coach with my tester. My wife on the driver seat turning on lights, turn signals etc. while I was mapping on a piece of paper all the pins on the coach receptacle. Than I made sure the pins on the Cord and toad match the ones on the coach. It took some time, but it worked ????Yeah...the simplest thing to do is connect it to the coach, and use a multi-meter or test probe to map the terminals. I use a probe to see which wire in the toad goes to which light.
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I was just amazed...after having installed the Blue Ox gear on my Jeep in 2016...then, when I replaced the cord...having it not work. At first, I thought I had received a bad cord. After testing continuity, the cord wasn’t bad, but in a different configuration. This is obviously a bit frustrating.
They evidently have multiple “Standards” for six pin connectors. Blue Ox must have adopted one...while the majority of the industry chose the other. It looks like they have now decided to go with the more widely adopted standard.
If your toad is only using the umbilical for lighting...then four wires are enough (usually). Your White is ground...and the green, yellow, brown are for Brake, Left signal/running light, Right signal/running light... Other wires are usually Blue for an electric brake signal...which might be applied when towing boats, or cargo trailers, ...and Red 12v+...which generally is used for charging the battery used to power electric brakes in a breakaway condition. The Mopar (Jeep) OEM wiring harness uses coach power...so the 12v+ is used in it as well. On the 7-pin to 7-pin...a back-up light signal is commonly added...
Confusing...sometimes...easy to sort out...sometimes...reliable...sometimes. It’s what we have to deal with for the convenience of towing.