Battery Backup Light?
I recently had to back into a campsite in the dark, by myself. I set my Dewalt flashlight at the back of the site where I wanted the street side rear corner of my trailer to end up, but entering the s...
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fallsrider wrote:
The reverse circuit in the TV plug works, so now I can proceed to figure the rest out for hard wiring the lights. How to mount on the rear bumper is of concern to me. I'll get it figured out.
If you go this route you will want to use a relay, the back up wire coming through the pigtail just isn't sized to carry current for a set of driving lights. I connected a relay to the TT battery bank to power the lights and then used the reverse wire in the pigtail to trigger the relay. Any auto parts store will have the basic relay you need, I installed mine right where the pigtail connects to the TT.
Here is basic relay wiring:
In your case, the trigger source will be reverse wire coming from the pigtial, and the device is the backup lights. I used 12 ga 2-conductor marine wire to run from the relay back to the lights.
I had the same problem with hose storage and not being able to screw into the bumper. I found a pair of square shaped u-bolts that fit around the bumper and ran them under the mounting flange for the driving lights:
When I added the rear storage this season, I added the vinyl fence post for sewer hose storage and secured the lights right to the extended bumper.
Edit: I just realized I never took a pic after I added the hose storage. Its mounted between the storage box and the back of the TT.
