Trailer light

[wjytexas]

This morning I hauled my lawn mower into town to mow my daughter's yard. The lights all worked a couple of weeks ago and the tail lights were working when I hooked up but I later noticed the left turn signal wasn't. The trailer is a 16 ft Big Tex that I have had for about 15 years with no problems. When I got home I pulled the light out and was surprised to find it is a sealed unit. So $22 and change later instead of $5 for a single bub I had it fixed. I guess after 15 years I did get my money's worth out of the old one.

 

[wore out]

This morning I hauled my lawn mower into town to mow my daughter's yard. The lights all worked a couple of weeks ago and the tail lights were working when I hooked up but I later noticed the left turn signal wasn't. The trailer is a 16 ft Big Tex that I have had for about 15 years with no problems. When I got home I pulled the light out and was surprised to find it is a sealed unit. So $22 and change later instead of $5 for a single bub I had it fixed. I guess after 15 years I did get my money's worth out of the old one.

Hey, 'ya done GOOD, it's fixed!

 

[caterpillar guy]

Must be one of those fancy LED lights. The old round red lights incandescent were only about 3-5 most places last I bought a few years ago. then I have a supply so have not bought those in years.

 

[da.bees]

All I did this morning was turn my chickens out, however I did mow churchyard last week then changed oil in mower when I got back home.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Oh, where there's a will there's a way. You could have gotten that sealed unit open to replace the bulb, but the time spent wouldn't have been worth your while.

BTW, they're not sealed to be mean. They're sealed to keep the water out.

I just replace 'em with LEDs as they go. So much brighter, less fussy about grounding.

 

[Mark-Ia]

I was always working on my taillights on my trailer until I replaced them with LED. No problem since.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

This morning I hauled my lawn mower into town to mow my daughter's yard. The lights all worked a couple of weeks ago and the tail lights were working when I hooked up but I later noticed the left turn signal wasn't. The trailer is a 16 ft Big Tex that I have had for about 15 years with no problems. When I got home I pulled the light out and was surprised to find it is a sealed unit. So $22 and change later instead of $5 for a single bub I had it fixed. I guess after 15 years I did get my money's worth out of the old one.

My 20 ft implement trailer had LED lights mounted at the end of the trailer and were subject to running into trees if I turned too much.
After repairing the LED lights a few times, I moved the lights forward very close to the rear wheels and replaced them with the old incandescent lights.
I've yet to replace the bulb and no longer run into trees.

 

[da.bees]

I checked air in all four tires and oiled tongue jack on my trailer.

 

[MarkB_MI]

I love LED trailer lights. Zero maintenance and they draw so little current that you seldom have to clean the trailer connector to get them to work. On a boat trailer you don't need to worry about unplugging them before you launch. Yeah, if they fail you have to replace the whole works, but that rarely happens.

 

[caterpillar guy]

LED's will not melt the sow off in the winter like the old incandescent one will though they do shine through some snow they will not after it gets about so thick back there. I also found they didn't last long and and if only a couple diodes were burned out in the light it is a ticket able deal. I also had trouble with warranty on just a couple diodes not working they would not warranty the light till they all burned out. Now that they have had people get tickets for that they will now warranty them for me if I have them. I don't replace them when they go out. If they will not warrant them I put the incandescent back in. The thing I do like is the LED has a flashing light that is available for using as a blinky light for oversize work at the back of the trailer. Just swap them out for the regular light and when turned on they blink / flash. They were about 70.00 per light a few years ago . Was better than having to add a relay in the rear of the trailer to make them flash and then had to go back and turn on and off each load.

 

[UncleTom]

I have taken those sealed units and cut them open with a dremal cut off wheel. It just melts and cuts perfect and then you can replace the bulb and glue the piece you cut out with a hot glue gun.