riptide09
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2009
- Messages
- 297
The subject says it all. Sick and tired of fighting 12 year old electrical wiring and lights. The harness had been repaired multiple times and had a bunch of splices and repairs. The lights were no longer waterproof and always filling up with water. When the lights didn't work again yesterday it was time for a serious change.
Ran over to the local West Marine and got a sealed LED light kit (back taillights and bottom light bar), a couple of sealed LED side marker lights, a compete wiring harness and some anchor stainless steel butt connectors with shrink tube over them.
Approximately 5 hours later the trailer had all new lights and wiring and everything worked on the first try. It was really easy to string the new harness. Just electrical tape it to the old one and pull it through from the front to the rear. I used the West Marne brand 5 wire split harness. It required two splices, one on each side for the side marker lights and then you have the connections in the rear at the lights. A few ground connections and the brake connection and you are all set.
This was a job I should have done a long time ago. It was around $160 in parts. I know I could have gotten the parts cheaper over the net but I just wanted to get it done and not worry about it for the rest of year. If you keep having continuous problems like I have for the last few years it is well worth an afternoons work to have everything new.
Ran over to the local West Marine and got a sealed LED light kit (back taillights and bottom light bar), a couple of sealed LED side marker lights, a compete wiring harness and some anchor stainless steel butt connectors with shrink tube over them.
Approximately 5 hours later the trailer had all new lights and wiring and everything worked on the first try. It was really easy to string the new harness. Just electrical tape it to the old one and pull it through from the front to the rear. I used the West Marne brand 5 wire split harness. It required two splices, one on each side for the side marker lights and then you have the connections in the rear at the lights. A few ground connections and the brake connection and you are all set.
This was a job I should have done a long time ago. It was around $160 in parts. I know I could have gotten the parts cheaper over the net but I just wanted to get it done and not worry about it for the rest of year. If you keep having continuous problems like I have for the last few years it is well worth an afternoons work to have everything new.
