Adding marker lights above wheels
My fifth wheel does not have marker lights anywhere near the wheels which makes it a bit difficult to avoid curbs (and other obstacles) at night. I bought some LED marker lights to install, but the q...
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Finished up this little project over the weekend. Here are the lights installed.
Spent a little time with the multimeter figuring out which wire was for which circuit. They didn't use the standard colors that I found online. I'm not a huge fan of splice connectors, but they worked fine.
Each light has its own fuse
Unlike my old trailer, the coroplast seems to have been installed from the top and was resting on the I beam. Because of this I couldn't run the wire in the underbelly. I used split loom and mounted it to the existing screws.
For the connections at the lights, I used some cool butt connectors. Basically, you twist the wire together, slide the connector over and heat it up. The heat shrinks the tubing, activates a waterproof glue, and melts some solder at the connection. It was a bit tricky as I had to use a lighter instead of my heat gun as my storage spot doesn't have power.
Spent a little time with the multimeter figuring out which wire was for which circuit. They didn't use the standard colors that I found online. I'm not a huge fan of splice connectors, but they worked fine.
Each light has its own fuse
Unlike my old trailer, the coroplast seems to have been installed from the top and was resting on the I beam. Because of this I couldn't run the wire in the underbelly. I used split loom and mounted it to the existing screws.
For the connections at the lights, I used some cool butt connectors. Basically, you twist the wire together, slide the connector over and heat it up. The heat shrinks the tubing, activates a waterproof glue, and melts some solder at the connection. It was a bit tricky as I had to use a lighter instead of my heat gun as my storage spot doesn't have power.
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