How To Solder Boat Trailer Wires

Here is some wiring I did to extend the wiring harness on a trailer.

How to solder boat trailer wires. Blue Electric Brakes or Hydraulic Reverse Disable See Blue Wire Notes below In the Trailer Wiring Diagram and Connector Application Chart below use the first 5 pins and ignore the rest. Tap the end of the 6337 solder on top of the wire splice so the solder melts down into the wires. Im in the process of hard wiring in a 7 pin plug to my trailers 5 wires.

Jump to Latest Follow 1 - 9 of 9 Posts. If you arent comfortable soldering wires heat shrink butt connectors and a. Run the Wires Boating Magazine.

When preparing the wire I recommend tinning with solder or using ferrules on the wire strands to prevent a stray whisker. Then take the two ends and push then directly into each other. Remove them and splice them using proper crimp-type butt splices or bare the wires place heat shring tubing over the wires join the splice solder and then shrink the tubing over the splice.

This type of terminal barrel lends much better to crimp-then-solder than do pre-insulated terminals. Hook up your trailer and connect the trailer light harness. Solder wires cover with shrink tubing.

Sadly most wiring problems are the result of a cascading series of events that can have you tearing your hair out especially if its 4 am. This way they dont pull out and i never have an issue with corrosion in there. This car is designed not only to travel 1 place to another but also to take heavy loads.

Discussion Starter 1 Jul 16 2020. Joined Jul 22 2014 424 Posts. You probably have good wire up the pigtail.