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Old 05-06-10, 05:01 PM   #1
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Default Weird trailer light problem

Help!

With truck headlights off, when I press brake pedal in truck, trailer brake lights come on OK.

If truck headlights are on and I press brake pedal in truck, the trailer brake lights go OUT.

Weird. I'm not sure where to start. I looked at the trailer light bulbs to see if anything was burned out, but all looked OK. The ground wires for both trailer lights and the main ground wire on the trailer all looked OK to the eye (nothing disconnected or wires frayed)

Please help!! Thanks, Amarillo
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Old 05-06-10, 05:11 PM   #2
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Crossed wires pal. Start over with a new set to get it right. Trailer wire set i mean. Cheap and at wally world.
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Old 05-07-10, 04:42 AM   #3
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ROLL TIDE!

thanks, I was thinking of doing that as the next step in the process unless I could think of a simple fix.

thanks for the push, Amarillo
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Old 05-07-10, 08:48 AM   #4
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Check ground wire to trailer too.

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Old 05-08-10, 05:10 AM   #5
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Thanks Capt Mike. I'm going to try that first.
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Old 05-08-10, 12:53 PM   #6
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It sounds like a wire crossed on the trailer.
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Old 05-08-10, 04:32 PM   #7
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check the grounds both truck and trailer...


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Old 05-10-10, 07:52 PM   #8
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I had almost the same problem and found it was the truck ground...fixed that and everything worked fine.
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Old 08-15-10, 06:40 PM   #9
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Update: wires not crossed, never changed from original wiring. Truck ground good. Main ground on boat trailer checked good. The grounds on the trailer lights were another story. Both trailer light grounds were badly rusted. I went to clean off the rust and just ended up punching holes where the lights were mounted to the trailer. Not good. I took a good look at the trailer, realized it was very badly rusted in a lot of places and decided to get a custom galvanized trailer because the boat is frequently launched in rivers with a lot of brackish water.
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Old 08-15-10, 10:37 PM   #10
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ALRIGHT! GLAD YOU GOT IT FIXED. AND ALSO GLAD OYU GOT A GALVINIZED TRAILER. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE MTSELF. if i ever DO get another trailer, it will ge galvinized and a tilting trailer.
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Old 08-16-10, 12:08 PM   #11
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Wow, new trailer because lights weren't working!?!

Haha, just kidding. You were probably lucky to find out how bad the trailer was before something serious happened. If you don't mind me asking, how much was a new trailer? Mine is only 3 1/2 years old but rusting quite a bit.
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