How are the outside lights connected? Amerigo camper

With some assistance of two guys on the Amerigo owners page on Facebook, and a wiring color code posted there, I was finally able to get it all figured out. The wiring was direct to the truck plug, and the ground wire to all the marker lights was trashed. I pulled new ground wire to each light, and grounded to the aluminum trim all around the top of the camper, and now have fully functioning lights again.

I didn't run new wire to the tail lights at this time, as I was racing rain storms the entire time, and didn't want to have the skin panels off if a big storm rolled through. I'm also planning on doing a full rebuild this summer during the dry season, at which point I'll be replacing all the wire in the camper...especially the extension cord a prior owner ran to the AC unit, lol.

GOOD DAY.
The lights are wired to the connector for the truck.
The tail light wires run through the ceiling beside the bathroom for the tail lights.
The stock tail lights use the hinge of the snap & nap for a ground.
Because the hinge is now 40+ years old you will find one day you have lights the next you don't
To save yourself a lot of aggravation run 2 new wires to each tail light.



Good luck

When we rebuilt our Amerigo, the outside lighting was wired to connect into the truck, so the truck powers the outside markers and brake lights.

There are several who have / are restoring Amerigo campers . You might try contacting them . Here is a thread .
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26362225.cfm

handye9 wrote:
Running lights, turn / brake lights, and electric brakes (if required) are typically wired direct to the plug.

Not always. Some patch the cord with the camper wiring at a junction block (row of double screws). Some also run each circuit through fuses.

Using one of these means you can more easily replace the truck cord if needed.

Running lights, turn / brake lights, and electric brakes (if required) are typically wired direct to the plug.