roof clearance lights
I'm trying to change out my clearance light on the roof of my 96 allegro bay. It is leaking & when I checked it the base is busted so no quick fix. It needs to be replaced. The only problem is that it...
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Dutch_12078 wrote:BigRabbitMan wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:B.B.Upch wrote:
OK so I figured out how to get the old ones off & I got the new ones in the mail.
New problem
The old ones have 2 wires (black & white) &
The new onea have 1 black wire.
An suggestions on how to wire them in? Thanks
One of the mounting holes has the ground wire attached to it. Crimp or solder a ring terminal on the coach ground (white) wire and secure it under the ground mounting screw. Or cut the wire loose and connect it directly to the coach ground.
The white or ground wire is not necessarily attached to one of the mounting holes. Mine does NOT. I am in the same process. My old lights have both wires attached to the light itself.
That metal bodied fixture is grounded by the mounting screws when attached to grounded metal surface, just as it is when the ground is on a metal eyelet that the mounting screw passes through on a plastic body. The same method of attaching a ring terminal to the ground wire and putting under the mounting screw will work in either case.
Except that with a foam gasket between the light metal body and the fiberglass coach body, the probability of losing that ground connection is much greater than if the ground wire is soldered or directly attached to the light's metal body. Should the foam soften or shrink over time, the connection relying on a ring terminal being press up against the metal body of the light fixture is asking for early failure.
