Installed LED Tail Lights & OEM Clearance Lights Go Dead
I need some help troubleshooting the installation of some new LED tail lights on my trailer. One of the kids leaned a bike up against one of the original tail lights and broke the lens. I am unable to find the same lens to replace the OEM light, but found a new LED fixture that is a near-match. So I decided to replace both rear tail light fixtures.
The new LED fixtures have 3 wires coming from them. There is a black wire (ground), a brown wire (running light +) and a yellow wire (brake lights +). Upon connecting the new LED fixtures, I ran the black wire to the trailer frame and connected the yellow and brown wires to the corresponding wires the old fixture was wired to. My brake lights work well. However, when I connect the brown wire on the tail lights all the other clearance markers on the trailer go out. The new LED tail lights illuminate but all my OEM incandescent clearance lights stop illuminating. When I disconnect the brown wire, all the other marker lights come back on.
Stumped, I called the store I purchased the tail light fixtures at. They indicate that you should not mix LED and incandescent bulbs on the same circuit and recommend that I replace all my clearance marker lights with new LED ones. Has anyone else experienced this issue when installing LED lights? If so, did you replace all bulbs on the same circuit with LEDs? Is there another way of wiring these to avoid this or is it possible my new fixtures are defective?
Thanks for any advice you are able to give in advance.
The new LED fixtures have 3 wires coming from them. There is a black wire (ground), a brown wire (running light +) and a yellow wire (brake lights +). Upon connecting the new LED fixtures, I ran the black wire to the trailer frame and connected the yellow and brown wires to the corresponding wires the old fixture was wired to. My brake lights work well. However, when I connect the brown wire on the tail lights all the other clearance markers on the trailer go out. The new LED tail lights illuminate but all my OEM incandescent clearance lights stop illuminating. When I disconnect the brown wire, all the other marker lights come back on.
Stumped, I called the store I purchased the tail light fixtures at. They indicate that you should not mix LED and incandescent bulbs on the same circuit and recommend that I replace all my clearance marker lights with new LED ones. Has anyone else experienced this issue when installing LED lights? If so, did you replace all bulbs on the same circuit with LEDs? Is there another way of wiring these to avoid this or is it possible my new fixtures are defective?
Thanks for any advice you are able to give in advance.
