urg... help me please..

[plyxrs]

ok i re done all my trailer lights last night, added a new 4 way flat plug last week, i have all good ground and im for sure they are metal to metal 100% perfect, and i just bought 2 new lights today to give me more parking lights.. i added them and wired them, now none of my lights work.. i checked fuses in tow vehicle its fine. i unpluged the new lights and wire just my regular tail lights and there not working nor are my side markers, whats the problem??

 

[oops!]

Re: urg... help me please..

get out your 12 volt tester and see if the vehicle is giving power to the trailer

 

[plyxrs]

Re: urg... help me please..

get out your 12 volt tester and see if the vehicle is giving power to the trailer

it was perfect untill i added the new lights. so ill go check it

 

[Silverbullet555]

Re: urg... help me please..

It seems most vehicles have multiple fuse locations and sometimes things are grouped together in weird ways.

What kind of tow vehicle.

Quite possibly overloaded the circuit unless you went with LED. Do the lights work on your tow vehicle?

 

[plyxrs]

Re: urg... help me please..

soo i got it fixed... and im very embarrassed to say what it was..

 

[SteveRoss]

Re: urg... help me please..

Ok... so ya got it fixed.. that's the important part. Next, never be embarased about asking a question. That's what we are all here for !!.... Glad everything is working correctly now.
Just wish that down here in central Florida, there was enough water in a lake to float a boat.... Very dry down here.

All the best...

 

[NSBCraig]

Re: urg... help me please..

So what was it?

 

[jayhanig]

Re: urg... help me please..

soo i got it fixed... and im very embarrassed to say what it was..

That's not fair. You can't leave us hanging like that! Besides, how is anybody supposed to learn if the solutions aren't posted? Whatever it was, I doubt you were the first and I doubt you'll be the last... so GIVE IT UP!

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: urg... help me please..

starts a pool on what it was , my bet is the trailer wasnt hooked up to the tow vehcial and no ground. grins and i know this from experance

 

[scoyt]

Re: urg... help me please..

I am gonna say he forgot to turn the lights on. Hehe.....experience talking again....

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: urg... help me please..

Forgot to hook the battery back up?

 

[sschefer]

Re: urg... help me please..

Forgot to hook the battery back up?

Oh shoot I had bets on the trailer being in the water at the ramp... LOL....

 

[bigdee]

Re: urg... help me please..

You posted right after lunch. Could there have been too much sunlight at that time of day to SEE the lights?

 

[chriscraft254]

Re: urg... help me please..

Or maybe forgot to plug the trailer into the truck circuit?

 

[plyxrs]

Re: urg... help me please..

starts a pool on what it was , my bet is the trailer wasnt hooked up to the tow vehcial and no ground. grins and i know this from experance

Haha well...... it was hooked up.. i just had the tounge wheel down to let the tow vehicle have some pressure off it and the tounge was lifted enough to not let the tounge to hit the ball

 

[109jb]

Re: urg... help me please..

Haha well...... it was hooked up.. i just had the tounge wheel down to let the tow vehicle have some pressure off it and the tounge was lifted enough to not let the tounge to hit the ball

Then you still have a problem. Although the trailer can get ground through the hitch, it should have a path through the trailer wiring. Check your grounds again.

 

[plyxrs]

Re: urg... help me please..

Then you still have a problem. Although the trailer can get ground through the hitch, it should have a path through the trailer wiring. Check your grounds again.

no need everything works great :]

 

[109jb]

no need everything works great :]

Sure it works using the hitch as the ground path, but you should not be relying on that

 

[scoyt]

Re: urg... help me please..

I agree with that. You should not rely on that. Have a dedicated ground wire, it will save you a headache at some point in time. Trust me, experience talking again.........

 

[RandyJ]

Re: urg... help me please..

It's what that little white wire on the 4 way flat connector is for....