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RoyB

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Posted: 05/02/12 12:45pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

One thing to watch when you install this light. Look at the bottom of the lens and you may find a weep hole. Be sure this is on the bottom side. Otherwise the large light may fill up with water behind the lens and start leaking inside the trailer. Happened to me on my SCARE light when I changed out the bulb and installed the lens the wrong direction. I keep seeing some water inside the lens area and never thought much about it until it started running down my inside wall one time.

Personally I wouldnt mount a light right next to the entance door as they will draw bugs and everytime you open the door you let in 2 or 3 thousand of them hehe...

You are going to have one very bright light staring you right at head level when you walk up to your trailer door using a SCARE LIGHT. They are very bright lights. Its like a headlamp on my truck in my case...


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Posted: 05/02/12 12:58pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

RoyB wrote:

One thing to watch when you install this light. Look at the bottom of the lens and you may find a weep hole. Be sure this is on the bottom side. Otherwise the large light may fill up with water behind the lens and start leaking inside the trailer. Happened to me on my SCARE light when I changed out the bulb and installed the lens the wrong direction. I keep seeing some water inside the lens area and never thought much about it until it started running down my inside wall one time.

Personally I wouldnt mount a light right next to the entance door as they will draw bugs and everytime you open the door you let in 2 or 3 thousand of them hehe...

You are going to have one very bright light staring you right at head level when you walk up to your trailer door using a SCARE LIGHT. They are very bright lights. Its like a headlamp on my truck in my case...
I said beside the door but its really about 10 feet to the left it is the light for both doors.

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Posted: 05/02/12 01:37pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

searfoss wrote:

I hope you do not plan on keeping the SCARE light on night and blinding other campers cause you are scared of the woods. We camped by an RV with a SCARE light that was on ALL night. Blinded everyone who looked in that direction, they even had one on the non-awning side of the RV so it would SCARE the campers next door in.
That might be a good idea because our friends are usually on both sides of us Lol

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I hope you do not plan on keeping the SCARE light on all night and blinding other campers cause you are scared of the woods. We camped by an RV with a SCARE light that was on ALL night. Blinded everyone who looked in that direction, they even had one on the non-awning side of the RV so it would SCARE the campers next door in.

* This post was edited 05/02/12 01:41pm by searfoss *


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