sniperj78
Calgary, AB Canada
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Hi everyone,
I must be missing something here. I've tried (almost) everything and I can't get my signal lights and brake lights working. I know the bulbs are good because I have running lights. Is there a fuse somewhere I am overlooking? I have played around with the plug, inspected it, did the ever popular "blow into it", plugged it in tight/loose/wiggle it - still nothing!
Help, anyone?
I have a Shadow Cruiser 16-H.
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KB7PYF
Poulsbo, Washington
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Check your tail light bulb sockets for corrosion and clean if necessary. It sounds like a ground problem, so if you have one take a volt ohm meter and check each socket case to frame ground.
Good luck
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Artum Snowbird
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Check the fuse box under the hood of the TV. In my truck,there is a fuse box under the dash for truck duties,and another for memote duties, like lights on trailers. I had truck brake lights working fine, but trailer lights not working at all. I had previously hooked up to a bad load, and it blew the fuses.
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midnightsadie
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while you do the fuses.take the grnd wire off the tt and claen to bare metal, can,t hurt but will help.
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Chuck_S
Broadview Hts, OH, USA
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Easy to check the trailer for proper wiring assuming you have a battery on the trailer or are plugged into shore power. Take the umbilical cord from the trailer and connect a piece of wire from the 12v connector to each of the brake/turn light connectors.
12v is at 11 o'clock. The brake/turn signals are at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The left diagram is looking into the truck receptacle where logically the left and right turn signals are on the left and right side. The cord end connections are a mirror image of this (and match the wiring on the right.
If the trailer wiring is good the problem is with your tow vehicle. Is this a factory towing wiring setup, or did someone put it together? A 12v test light between the same connection points will test the truck. (Remember they're reversed as you look at the truck connector).
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Mr.Beebo
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Any reading from your brake controller?
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enblethen
Moses Lake, WA
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Brake and turn signals use a different filament in your light bulbs.
Check ground
Check fuses under the hood.
What make and model of TV?
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Chuck_S
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Brake and turn signals use the SAME filament in dual filament tail light bulbs. The tail lights (running lights) are a separate filament.
Note the descriptions in the "Bargman" diagrams posted earlier. Remember the one on the Left is a mirror image of what the end of the cable looks like.
Unrelated to the problem: You can make extremely tacky "tacky lights" by connecting the 1 o'clock and 11 o'clock connectors on the umbilical cord. Will light all the external running lights on the trailer. Use a blade style fuse just in case.
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enblethen
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I wasn't very clear in earlier post.
Brake and turn signals use one filament and the taillights use another filament with in the same lamp.
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sniperj78
Calgary, AB Canada
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Mr.Beebo wrote:Any reading from your brake controller?
Yes, brake controller and brakes on TT are working.
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