2 Pin Plug Wiring Colours

Tail lights brake lights left right signals.

2 pin plug wiring colours. The most common 4 wire connector is the 4 pin flat connector as shown here. Would this cause the wiring to melt in the trailer. Went camping and came back and the trailer wiring is totally meted. Ie pins 4 and 1 are reversed and 6 and 7 and 2 and 5.

So auto sparky fitted a new 7 pin flat connector in the rear of my ranger. Hold the wire in place and tighten the screw to secure the wire. These rules are applicable in the uk eu and all other countries who follow the new iec color codes instead of local and regional codes. Blue yellow to shield cobra ca70 ca72.

The american and canadian connectors are effectively identical the ground pin is longer than the two parallel pins so that the device is grounded before the supply is connected. At a minimum all trailers need at least 4 functions. Don t screw the screw in too tight or else you may tear the copper wire. 4 wires will give these functions so the simplest scheme is a 4 pin connector.

Brown orange and yellow are used for 480 vac. The ground wire color for a 4 flat plug is white and should be properly grounded at the trailer tongue. Green right turn brakes yellow left turn brakes brown taillights º white ground. Read the complete rewiring guide for more.

The american standard for this connector is known as nema 5 15 and the canadian standard csa 22 2 nº42. Australia also have a different wiring colour standard. The uk s new cable colours for plugs are now harmonise with europe s power cable colours for ac dc. Repeat the process for the neutral wire blue or black color and the earth wire green and yellow color securing them to the n and e contact points respectively.

There are several as nzs 3112 plug variants including ones with larger or differently shaped pins used for devices drawing 15 20 25 and 32 a. Use this 4 pin trailer wiring diagram to properly wire your 4 wire trailer plug. The usa have their own wiring colours for electrical circuits black red and blue are used for 208 vac three phase. The iec dc wiring color codes are adapted from iec ac wiring color codes.

An unearthed version of this plug with two angled power pins but no earthing pin is used with small double insulated appliances but the sockets always include an earth pin.