trailer lights

[Jceclipse01]

Thanks guys I think I will just start unplugging my lights when I back my boat since it is a 1998 better safe than sorry

[Ian Brantford]

It's not just a matter of LED versus incandescent lights. If a seal fails and a circuit shorts out, you could lose all the trailer lights until you find a spare fuse. If the trailer lights were cheaply done on a taillight tap instead of a separate circuit, you lose the tow vehicle's lights too.

I unplug the lights after getting the trailer a bit down the ramp. I stop to do the final loosening of the bow strap there anyway, to undoing the lights costs me about 5 seconds.

[New Guy]

Last summer i was using the standard 5pin to 7 pin adaptor when going on the camping trip to meet Al, Streetch, and some others and wouldnt you know it, the 5pin came undone, dragging on the ground and i find this out at the worst possible moment. As i make the last minute turn into the camping ground where i need to back up slightly to make this sharp turn and nope no back up. I find the plug undone, and only the reverse prong was damaged. It blocked the entire campsite entrance lol. I did enventurly hot wire the back up switch but it took a good 20 minutes of looking for the by pass plug for the trailer, then saying F this and pulling out my plyers.

Mike I believe that a nickel will fit in that slot just tape it in and you are good to go.

BTW I never unplug my lights standard bulbs and I never had a problem.

[mmandley]

Mike I believe that a nickel will fit in that slot just tape it in and you are good to go.

BTW I never unplug my lights standard bulbs and I never had a problem.

I tried the nickle, now its wedged in my trailer tongue and i have to remove the slide mechanism lol.

[rdlangston13]

my trailer came with a piece designed specifically for fitting in that gap to keep the brakes from activating when reversing with the lights unplugged. it never really stays in place tho. we only had to use it once when my buddies truck did not have a reverse light wire wired in.

[Razzman]

For those that don't have the manual insert tool just call UFP direct and they'll send you one.