trailer lights
#1
trailer lights
hello,
I am new here and just bought a 06 LR3 about 6 months ago. I have installed the factory trailer harness and hitch, but when I hooked up to my boat last weekend the lights were blinking at about half power in the hazard flasher pattern. They were steady and constant, just real low. Everything else worked great and at full power. just wondered if this was a safety deal where it helps your trailer be seen or a grounding issue. I really didnt think grounding due to the way it flashed, it is not anall over the place type of flash, like I said it is just like the hazards are on just at very low power. by the way the lights are LED if that matters. thanks for any help!
Blake
I am new here and just bought a 06 LR3 about 6 months ago. I have installed the factory trailer harness and hitch, but when I hooked up to my boat last weekend the lights were blinking at about half power in the hazard flasher pattern. They were steady and constant, just real low. Everything else worked great and at full power. just wondered if this was a safety deal where it helps your trailer be seen or a grounding issue. I really didnt think grounding due to the way it flashed, it is not anall over the place type of flash, like I said it is just like the hazards are on just at very low power. by the way the lights are LED if that matters. thanks for any help!
Blake
#2
#4
RE: trailer lights
Thanks for the help. I see that it's a problem with the trailer lights (LED) not being grounded. I will try to get that problem solved. Its not such a bad thing to have that flashing light behind me when pulling such a big boat when you cant see the LR from the back. Thanks again!!
#5
RE: trailer lights
its not a ground issue... its that the way the flashers flash is based on current draw, now that you have leds wired in, theres a path for the current to go that has far less resistance then the bulbs in your tail lights, so they do, and less current goes to the bulbs... what you need to do to fix it is get some dummy loads to wire in, as far as electricity goes, youll have real bulbs back there and everything will work fine.
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