Trailer lights
 

Was wondering if anyone else has ran LED lights on the inside of the trailer to light up the boat when towing at night, and if it was actually legal? The last couple time Icoming back from the lake has been after dark, and I've had several people coming out from side streets and not notice there was a big ass boat behind me. And we all know 10/20/10 coverage...if they even have insurance at all if going to cover the cost of repairs. So was thinking of other ways to help drivers out at night to recognize the boat other than the yellow side markers on the trailer that they obviously pay no nevermind to anyway.

It's not illegal to run lights on the side, LED or not. You'd have to look into your local laws as to distance between lights. The one thing I do know is you need to run amber in front of the axle, and you can run red behind.

I have several Amber lights down the side and I even have a couple hooked to the brake light circuit where they blink when my turn signal blinks on half of the side lights.

Just be careful, because if it's lit up like a Christmas tree the local Police may ticket you for having "dazzling" lights.

Knock on wood I haven`t been bothered yet.

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If you were around here you would be harassed for sure!!

BTW.....LOOKS AWESOME!!

That's exactly what I was thinking!! I see I'm not the only one! Does it help out when loading in the water? I was thinking it would!

I don`t load too often in the dark but yes it does help to know where the trailer is.

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That's spot on ICD!! I'm sold!! Had to load in the dark once and that would've made such a huge difference!! Thank you for sharing!!

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Hey guys, I know its kinda an old post but I'm installing LED's on my trailer.. How did you attach the wires to the underside of the rails.. thinking of using silicone.. Thoughts?

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I would think silicone would peel off pretty easy. What about using these with stainless screws.

http://www.amazon.com/Inch-Nylon-P-C...ew+wire+holder

I zip tied to existing loom.
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Spazz: Thanks.. I ordered the clips with adhesive backs.. Trying to avoid putting holes in the trailer. Just more points for rust to sit in. If those don't work I may have no other option but to drill holes and run the wires thru the center.

What type of lights is everyone using to light up the hull.? I need to rewire and re-light a trailer anyway.

Looks great!
Just ordered 15' of yellow and red adhesive backed

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Use caution too if you live/travel in a heavy LAW ENFORCEMENT or Revenue generating region.
according to DOT, ALL lights must work. In other words, if you have installed a ton of extra running lights and one is out, it is the same if you only had a single marker/tail light and it is out.
Mostly a revenue and harassment thing. Especially if when the second question out of their mouth is "have you been drinking?" Food for thought......

I'm using leds by XKGLOW. I've had blue ones on my motorcycle for several years and they work great, super bright, get a ton of compliments on them..For the green ones on the trailer Instead of using the quick connects that they come with I soldered and heat shrunk the connections as well as put silicone around the pods just to make sure they are submersible.. I wouldn't trust submersing them straight out of the box.
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Mine only come on when dunking the trailer. I wired them through a float switch mounted near rear of trailer. They are not on when driving down the road - and only come on when the park lights are on (and float switch closes).

Speaking of lights , the light bars have gotten pretty cheap, some are still stupid money but this one from Amazon was $55 and is well made and bright as F%$#! 13, 000 lumens.

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Pulled her out of my friends garage to my storage shed about 40 mi. the other night thought I'd share pics... Looks awesome going down the highway with the trailer led's on
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