Trailer Light question

[PathfinderNI]

"clean" wire, does it have to be shiny when you strip the insulation? Also, if it were simply a bad ground, wouldn't that keep the light from functioning at all?

[wtretrievers]

Originally Posted by PathfinderNI

"clean" wire, does it have to be shiny when you strip the insulation? Also, if it were simply a bad ground, wouldn't that keep the light from functioning at all?

Nope........also when redoing a ground put a little never seize on it

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by wtretrievers

Nope........also when redoing a ground put a little never seize on it

put a grinder to the metal first though to get a good clean surface, grounding is very important when working with trailer lights, I just fixed a guys lights where his trailer rusted around the middle where it bolted together, hit it good with a grinder and welded the joints to have a good ground "path" and it did the trick. To find this I got a 20' piece of wire and tied it to the ground screw on the tongue and went down the trailer while the lights on touching the wire to various places on the trailer until the lights started working. That showed me what area I was losing my ground. I second the new wires though, cheap and easy for the most part. I also have the harbor freight water proof leds and love them, no problems so far and I've had them for 2 yrs.