Battery Backup Light?

Blazing Zippers wrote:
We have a couple Harbor Freight magnetic LED lites for the trailer. They will stick to most anything----I even stuck one on the front of the lawn mower when DW couldn't finish the lawn before dark. Nothing but the best for the lil lady!! Anyway HF has what you need for just a few bucks.

I have a few of the FREE HF 27 LED flashlights with magnets LIKE THESE , while they are bright. For what they are they simply cannot and will not provide enough light to enable you to see much further than a few feet.

It would take 10 or more of those to really help in backing up.. Backing up a trailer is a whole different ball of wax compared to mowing the lawn..

If I was going to use a battery powered light I would be looking for something in the three watt or higher category..

Something like THIS would be far superior to the 27 LED HF light.

But really instead of monkeying around with Mickey Mouse lights jump to REAL LIGHTS which will solve the problem without the need to get out of the vehicle..

Something like 12V 10W LED FLOODLIGHT will be a vast improvement over a battery powered solution.. I Bought a couple of the ones in this link for my tractor to help assist the built in lights which are blocked by my snow plow. The result is a pretty darn bright light that easily lights up 20-30 ft in front of my tractor..

There are even brighter 12V LED flood lights available.. You can find a lot of them and here is a 27W version.. 12V 27W flood light

Pretty much all vehicles which have a factory 7 pin trailer connection should have the backup light wire installed on the socket..

I can tell you that all of the Ford trucks I have owned since 1997 HAVE the backup wire installed AND working.

Your trailers pigtail will typically have the backup wire, all you need to do is trace the pigtail to the junction box on the tongue or under the trailer and find the unused wire. Then you simply run a wire from the tongue along the frame to the back bumper.

To mount the light you can use a variety of methods from heavy duty black wire ties to long stainless steel hose clamps around the bumper or frame to screws/bolts to bumper or frame..

Once done you simply need to put vehicle in reverse and you have lots of light to work with.. Beats getting out in the rain or firing up a bunch a piddly little flashlights..

My current TT came with built in backup lights, they work nicely but sometimes I wish they were a bit brighter..