seems to me your car has to be wired wrong check the brake connection v the one on your wifes car if same hmm I would run a wire direct from the battery to your brake light wire on the trailer and see whats happening
seems to me your car has to be wired wrong check the brake connection v the one on your wifes car if same hmm I would run a wire direct from the battery to your brake light wire on the trailer and see whats happening
07 crd,,bridgestone 697lt, 2.75 buedesert ex, SOLD theres a lot of my blood, sweat and money in that troll.
92 gq ti tb42efi my brothers gq extractors dual batteries brake controller uhf alloy bullbar SOLD with a heavy heart but gone to a nice young fella
13 y62 the beast that burbles
2010 GU7, ZD30 CRD. ARB: bulbar, scrubbars, rock sliders, roofrack, front and rear air lockers, twin compressor. OME 2" lift, mickey T's ATZ P3 33" tyres x 6, opposite lock rear twin spare rear bar, Wurton 46" light bar roof mounted, draw system, clearview mirrors, redarc gauges: boost, EGt, engine pressure and temp, trans temp, battery. Dual battery system, 12,000lb warn winch, DYI sound/heat proofing.
seems to me your car has to be wired wrong check the brake connection v the one on your wifes car if same hmm I would run a wire direct from the battery to your brake light wire on the trailer and see whats happening and hopefully that wont work either then you will get an answer
07 crd,,bridgestone 697lt, 2.75 buedesert ex, SOLD theres a lot of my blood, sweat and money in that troll.
92 gq ti tb42efi my brothers gq extractors dual batteries brake controller uhf alloy bullbar SOLD with a heavy heart but gone to a nice young fella
13 y62 the beast that burbles
2010 GU7, ZD30 CRD. ARB: bulbar, scrubbars, rock sliders, roofrack, front and rear air lockers, twin compressor. OME 2" lift, mickey T's ATZ P3 33" tyres x 6, opposite lock rear twin spare rear bar, Wurton 46" light bar roof mounted, draw system, clearview mirrors, redarc gauges: boost, EGt, engine pressure and temp, trans temp, battery. Dual battery system, 12,000lb warn winch, DYI sound/heat proofing.
2010 GU7, ZD30 CRD. ARB: bulbar, scrubbars, rock sliders, roofrack, front and rear air lockers, twin compressor. OME 2" lift, mickey T's ATZ P3 33" tyres x 6, opposite lock rear twin spare rear bar, Wurton 46" light bar roof mounted, draw system, clearview mirrors, redarc gauges: boost, EGt, engine pressure and temp, trans temp, battery. Dual battery system, 12,000lb warn winch, DYI sound/heat proofing.
As others have said, it is probably a bad connection where it is being tapped off, possibly with scotch lock (worst thing electrical ever invented).
You will probably measure volts fine until there is a load and then it will drop.
Are the trailer lights LED or globes. If it is globes, the high wattage brake lights draw way more current than the others. And yes voltage can be present with a high resistance joint, but when current is drawn, most of the voltage is across that joint instead of the lights.
You beat me to the punch, Tony
Last edited by mudnut; 23rd February 2014 at 10:23 PM.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
2010 GU7, ZD30 CRD. ARB: bulbar, scrubbars, rock sliders, roofrack, front and rear air lockers, twin compressor. OME 2" lift, mickey T's ATZ P3 33" tyres x 6, opposite lock rear twin spare rear bar, Wurton 46" light bar roof mounted, draw system, clearview mirrors, redarc gauges: boost, EGt, engine pressure and temp, trans temp, battery. Dual battery system, 12,000lb warn winch, DYI sound/heat proofing.
Yeah, they don't draw a lot of current, but need a good connections to work properly. You might have to measure the resistance between the socket and the brake lights by taking a light assembly off the car.
Last edited by mudnut; 23rd February 2014 at 11:04 PM.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
If you take the cover off the plug and plug it in you can test the voltage while under load.
mudnut (23rd February 2014)