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Post by 69banner on Feb 14, 2017 12:17:22 GMT -8
Cleaning up and old 1969 banner camper trailer. I purchased new led clearance lights and I am confused by the wiring. The current lights have a single lead wire. The replacement lights have a positive And and negative. Can I use them with out rewiring ? Thanks for any help. 1st time to do this so I don't want to start a fire 🔥!
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Post by 69banner on Feb 14, 2017 12:43:29 GMT -8
Looking at some other post it looks like I can ground to the skin of the trailer. I assume this can be done by attaching the ground to one of my screws and then making sure the skin is grounded to the frame. Sound ok ?
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Post by nccamper on Feb 14, 2017 13:00:33 GMT -8
Sounds right to me. I've grounded new lights to the skin and it's worked fine. The old lights were grounded by the screws touching the skin which was a shaky system.
Others may have different suggestions.
Running a solid ground from skin to frame is a great idea.
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Post by strange1 on Feb 16, 2017 7:09:03 GMT -8
All the marker lights on my Shasta are a single + wire. Meaning the skin is the ground -. Attaching one wire (black -) to one of the light screws to skin should do the job.
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Post by mrmarty51 on Feb 16, 2017 7:12:13 GMT -8
LED lights are a one way diode.
If You hook the light to power and it does not illuminate then switch the wires around.
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