The GoWesty kit is designed to accommodate the European style setup on the vanagon and operate the US style light setup on your trailer. There is a black something-or-other potted on the wiring that you screw somewhere on the Vanagon's sheet metal. It works great. Jim
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote: > The first thing to consider is ........... > > most trailers use the 'two ffilament' system. ( 'melican cars do too > generally ) > > vanagons use 3 ..one for tail, one for brake, one for turnsignals. > > on a two filament system ...there's only tail light. > and brake/turn signal , two filaments total per side. > > there are adapter gizmo's to interace the two different systems. > > > > > On 7/22/2013 12:18 PM, Troy wrote: > >> Hi folks: >> >> I need to wire the van for a trailer and wanted to ask if anyone had >> words >> of wisdom for doing this. Go Westy sent me documentation telling me what >> color wire does what, so I'm more concerned about the routing of the >> wires >> and connections. Not sure if it's better to splice in to an existing >> wire or >> if it's possible to solder on the connections on the back of the >> lenses. I >> have not taken anything apart, so not sure what I'm up against. >> >> Many thanks! >> >> Troy >> >> |
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