License plate light

The light on a registration plate must be working.
Will it be enforced? Maybe, maybe not.

I would make sure it works, just in case.

How many wire go to the rear marker lights on the kit?

JMHO..If tail light are lighted I suspect your license plate light is lighted up. They convert back and forth between US and foeign with just diodes. Actually they get fancy now With ICs but doubt it is going to be a problem. I doubt that they would put a product on the market that obviously violates the law. Way too much liability for them to do that.

I don't have an answer to your question, but if someone is using magnetic towing lights their license plate lights are not lit.

Doug

I am willing to bet that an unoccupied car being towed does not have to have the license plate lit. The vehicle doing the towing is the one that needs an illuminated license plate.

Don't ask me for references. I have not researched this and don't have any.

First, I don't think I'd worry with it. Must say, I liked it when I was able to have the whole marker circuit lit by tapping into one spot. Tag, even the dashboard, lit up. Back then I tapped into the turn signal lights, so it flashed front and rear. No more...too modern...

If you're isolating individual lamps, I'd say work that till it works. Get Stop/Turn/Tail going like they should. Then investigate another diode to isolate the tag light(s). Should be able to then connect tag to one of the tail circuits. In my mind's eye, it'd be: Isolate Left (or Right) Tail Light. Connection branches from output of isolation diode to: Tail Light, AND Isolated Tag Light. Would need to see cars' wiring diagram and draw in the isolation.

Now that I don't tap into the full circuits anymore, I've simply added separate, dedicated, LED Stop/Turn/Tail lamps, and they don't light the Tags.

I've managed to get a wiring diagram for the vehicle.

It turns out that while each and every signal filament does have a separate output from the "lights brain" the marker circuits are only divided in half. The front of the vehicle is on one circuit and the rear is on another. Now I just have to find the wire prior to the splice and I can pick-up the license plate and marker lights in one circuit.

BAM! You Got LIGHTS!

If you get stopped for a lic pl light then the officer is fishing, as long as your not doing anything wrong then why worry ?

gbopp wrote:
The light on a registration plate must be working.
Will it be enforced? Maybe, maybe not.

I would make sure it works, just in case.

It's a reason to get pulled over. Supposed to be illuminated. If your state does safety inspections, this is one of the things they check.