fish_antlers
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posted June 25, 2005 05:14 PM
Help! I give up! Trailer wiring question!
Fuck! How annoying... I backed my little trailer into some rocks and smashed out the taillights... I went down and bought some replacement lights as the old ones were just universal ones... installed the new ones and replaced the connector as well as it was old and manky...
oky.. so.. now.. when the lights are on.. no problem... running lights okay...
when I signal left or right ALL the lights blink like a xmas tree.. . I've checked and triple checked the wiring and it is correct, and the same as it was before...
only thing I can think of is the relay? but I even tried switching to the old bulbs and still no difference..
help!
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Wildman
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posted June 25, 2005 11:42 PM
Sounds like an issue with the ground.
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fish_antlers
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posted June 26, 2005 05:20 AM
I was thinking that that's the only other possibility... strange.. not much to the wiring... ground is pretty basic/obvious... but I'll check it fer the 4th time!
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Wildman
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posted June 26, 2005 07:06 AM
It seems like 90% of trailer wiring issues end up being bad grounds...
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frEEk
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ummm... yeah
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posted June 26, 2005 08:43 AM
bring it by my place and we can take a look if u like. i've dealt with that kinda crap more times than i care to remember.
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canadamaxxer
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posted June 26, 2005 09:02 AM
Keep in mind that often the black wire is NOT the ground wire in trailer applications.......
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junior s
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posted June 27, 2005 02:55 AM
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Keep in mind that often the black wire is NOT the ground wire in trailer applications.......
The R.V. industry does that just to keep us ( the do it yourself types ) down ......
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canadamaxxer
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posted June 27, 2005 04:24 AM
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Keep in mind that often the black wire is NOT the ground wire in trailer applications.......
The R.V. industry does that just to keep us ( the do it yourself types ) down ......
Yeah the "man" often does that to us.....
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MadMike
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posted June 27, 2005 02:36 PM
drive it around the block and then check it again! I had something weird happen like that and it was just the ground between the hitch and trailer.
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