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OFDPOS
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Apr 24, 2015

Need To Check Those Marker Lite Covers

While I was replacing the amber marker lights up top on the front with new LED's , 4 out of the 5 old lens covers were cracked !
Actually looked like hit from rocks ! The window up front the housing is somewhat blasted too (black paint chipped up good)
But anyway from the ground looking up I couldn't tell , they all looked fine, but once up on the roof and removing the old lens covers 2 actually were cracked bad enough that water had gotten in and with the dust build up the dirt was crusted ..
I checked and could tighten 4 out of the 10 screws holding the backing plates . Careful tho they can strip real easy !
I cleaned them up good inside and out then put a bead silicone around the them, the old chalking was cracked on most of them.

Just a heads up to really check things out good !

Happy Camping
  • OFDPOS wrote:
    While I was replacing the amber marker lights up top on the front with new LED's , 4 out of the 5 old lens covers were cracked !
    Actually looked like hit from rocks !.....


    Actually it's from all those times we go under low branches at a CG and it sounds like just soft leaves hitting the top of the RV. Well the leaves are attached to branches and those lens take a beating over time!
  • Yup, I've learned to inspect mine each spring during the roof inspection.

    I also turn the lights on and walk around carefully looking at each light for something amiss a couple of times a year.

    I have found times when there was a light out and it was just a bad connection. They are build so cheaply.

    Converting to LED's would be a good investment.
  • I am going to replace the whole unit. I get where you are coming from, older units will have all kinds of gunk in and around the lens caps.

    We just bought a Horizon and I plan on replacing all the units, lower power consumption and easier on the alternator.

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