Tail light.
My right tail light lights up when I turn on the lights on my travel trailer but it won't light up when I put my turn signal on or step on the brakes. Any idea why that would be?
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- Those things are horrible. They should be taken off the market.
- Fixed it. It was the correct bulb but the Scotch-Locks had a bad connection.
- Could the trailer connector be wired incorrectly?
- You may have inadvertedly installed the Bulb wrong ! remove and reinstall paying attention to the Alignment Studs on the side of the Lamp!
Or You may have the wrong bulb! - Has it ever worked? Was the bulb replaced with wrong one?
- You may be missing a ground. Suggest you get an electrical person to help you.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
What do I test?
Test light will tell you everything. You lost a connection and it is being shunted through the trailer connector.- Test light will tell you everything. You lost a connection and it is being shunted through the trailer connector.
the bear II wrote:
The bulb has two filaments, one for tail lights and one for brake/signal lights.
Sounds like the bulb needs to be replaced. You might try cleaning the contacts (make sure the trailer is unplugged) to see if corrosion is causing the problem.
I did replace the bulb and still the same thing.- The bulb has two filaments, one for tail lights and one for brake/signal lights.
Sounds like the bulb needs to be replaced. You might try cleaning the contacts (make sure the trailer is unplugged) to see if corrosion is causing the problem.
