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08-01-2018, 08:58 PM #1
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Additional Tail Lights
After coming from a motorhome where the tail lights are huge I thought the 2 single tail lights on the rather large piece of back wall real estate looked kind of small. So I added a few. I hope the guy behind me doesn't get blinded too much. But I hope even more that folks see my brakes and blinkers.
on edit... adding this info as I did get at least one request via a PM for info....
I found the lights themselves on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/291853915473
I found the trim ring at eTrailer: https://www.etrailer.com/s.aspx?qry=A78RXB
The lights are STL78RB or maybe STL78RXB.
You may be able to find the lights eTrailer too but the price on eBay was good.
The are flush mount, you just need to drill a 1" hole for the wiring.Larry KE4DMG
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08-02-2018, 09:00 AM #2
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I like it, I assume you were just able to fish line up through the insulation to the other lights? I hope to add one much higher up the rear wall for ours because the bikes block ours ever so slightly but wasn't sure how easy that would be. I already switched the lights out to LED units which are significantly brighter.
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08-02-2018, 09:13 AM #3
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08-02-2018, 09:13 AM #4
Some thoughts on what does not work . . .
I was going to come at this visibility problem with a Centre High Mount Stop Light (CHMSL) as is common on most cars and trucks. But, I discovered that this will not work. Our trailers have "two wire" tail lights, meaning that there is one circuit for the running light filament and the other circuit is for both brakes and turn signal. The truck flashes the brake light signal when both brakes and turn signal are on. So, there is no way to isolate just the brake circuit.
There is a "2 wire to 3 wire" conversion box to separate the turn and brake circuits . . . but this requires tail lights that also have three circuits instead of two. I still like the CHMSL idea . . . but it will have to come with new 3 wire tail lights too.
WRT LED bulbs. I purchased 1157 LED equivalents and found them to be far less bright than the original incandescent tail light bulbs. There are many different kinds of LED bulbs . . . so maybe the ones I tried weren't the best . . . but check their brightness vs the original before assuming that LEDs will be brighter.
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08-02-2018, 09:27 AM #5
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The full units.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1Paul "Poppy" and Deb Cervone
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08-02-2018, 12:37 PM #6
Howard - I replaced the bulbs on our Reflection travel trailer with equivalent LED bulbs. But it caused a problem with my 2016 Ford F350. Evidently the resistance of the bulbs was different enough from the incandescent bulbs, that the Ford thought there was a problem. I kept getting trailer disconnected warnings on the driver's panel of my Ford when I applied the brake pedal. I switched back to incandescent bulbs, and the problem went away. Just to make sure, I popped the LEDs back in, and the problem immediately reappeared.
Jim
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08-02-2018, 02:57 PM #7
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I used the Bargman 47-84-610 also - https://trailerparts.com/bargman-47-...taillight.html
As Jim says YMMV with the ITBC & LED lights as the ITBC with their constant diagnostic pulses testing the truck's wiring and the trailer's wiring can be very finicky.- Gene
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08-02-2018, 03:10 PM #8
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08-02-2018, 03:50 PM #9
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08-02-2018, 04:04 PM #10
Re-pack bearings necessary?
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