Running Light Problem or NOT???
I own a 2008 Keystone Cougar Model 291RLS – a 30 footer with two (bedroom and main) slideouts. Recently. I tried a ’trick’ I had read about in some or other orum discussion that one could ‘turn on’...
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Pins 4 and 3 (red and brown) in your diagram *ARE* what I jumpered with a 5 amp fuse AND that do NOT result in the aforementioned FOUR running lights 'coming on'. In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have used 'numbers' to refer to the pins as it may well be the case that different folks might 'number' the pins differently.
Sorry about the length but, I had two objectives in mind:
(a) to describe the problem *completely accurately* and
(b) to describe EXACTLY the steps I had taken to try and diagnose the 'problem?'. (Assuming I really have one; maybe there's a reason things work (or not) this way?).
My experience has been that if one does not take the time to do this, one frequently has to 'deal' with it anyway in another fashion: a long, 'back and forth' dialog of the general nature: "...have you tried this...yes I have... have you tried THIS... YES......
As I said, the things I found 'interesting' are:
(a) why FOUR lights in total?
(b) 'why the SYMMETRY' and
(c) why, using a multimeter to check for 'continuity' in various ways did NOT yield ANY indication of a 'Path to Power' *OR* a 'Path to Ground' for BOTH OF the two (MIDDLE LHS and RHS) lights I tested, UNLIKE OTHER RUNNING LIGHTS on the trailer, 8' feet away (FRONT LHS and LHS)?
That's why I was (and still am) wondering - that perhaps those 4 lights might be part of (say) the turn signal system or something. Maybe 'they' require pins 4 AND (5 OR 6) to come on???
I intend to give this idea a try this morning.
BOTH 'No Power" AND 'No Ground' detectable at FOUR lights in this observable symmetry seems too much of a coincidence for my liking.
Sorry about the length but, I had two objectives in mind:
(a) to describe the problem *completely accurately* and
(b) to describe EXACTLY the steps I had taken to try and diagnose the 'problem?'. (Assuming I really have one; maybe there's a reason things work (or not) this way?).
My experience has been that if one does not take the time to do this, one frequently has to 'deal' with it anyway in another fashion: a long, 'back and forth' dialog of the general nature: "...have you tried this...yes I have... have you tried THIS... YES......
As I said, the things I found 'interesting' are:
(a) why FOUR lights in total?
(b) 'why the SYMMETRY' and
(c) why, using a multimeter to check for 'continuity' in various ways did NOT yield ANY indication of a 'Path to Power' *OR* a 'Path to Ground' for BOTH OF the two (MIDDLE LHS and RHS) lights I tested, UNLIKE OTHER RUNNING LIGHTS on the trailer, 8' feet away (FRONT LHS and LHS)?
That's why I was (and still am) wondering - that perhaps those 4 lights might be part of (say) the turn signal system or something. Maybe 'they' require pins 4 AND (5 OR 6) to come on???
I intend to give this idea a try this morning.
BOTH 'No Power" AND 'No Ground' detectable at FOUR lights in this observable symmetry seems too much of a coincidence for my liking.
