Stupid Clearance Light Problem

[jburn25]

I've obviously got some kind of ground issue with my clearance lights. Everytime I wire them up to the brown trailer wires on each side of my boat trailer it blows a fuse and only the break lights work. When I disconnect the clearance lights completely, and then replace the fuse, the running lights work fine leading me to believe it is simply a problem with the wiring of the clearance lights.

I have these optronics clearance lights: http://www.atafa.com/sports/products/Optronics_CLEARANCE_LIGHT_AMBER_MCAS-281643.html

They come with one quick connect wire that goes to the brown running lights wire. Supposedly the ground is completed with the metal tab that touches the wire that holds the light to the trailer. Should I install a separate ground wire and screw?

 

[NYBo]

Re: Stupid Clearance Light Problem

You must have a dead short somewhere in one of those lights or a pinched wire.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Stupid Clearance Light Problem

Unfasten the lights from the trailer but leave the wiring intact. Replace the fuse and now turn the lights on. If the fuse blows again, you have direct short in the hot wire to one or more of the lights. If it now works, begin adding the lights back. When you find the troublesome light, the fuse will blow. Check its wiring.