Functioning boat trailer lights

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How hard is it to have lights on your trailer that actually work?

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fricking hard man, they go out all the time.

I had this problem until I went sealed LED. Finally bit the bullet and have had no problems.

After saying this the next time I use the boat it'll probably have a broken light

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Who will admit that their lights don’t work properly?

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My running lights aren't working. Can't figure it out but I honestly haven't tried very hard.

Not the fuses in my rig. They're fine. Any help?

I got 6 years trouble free on my newest boat trailer with an all LED system, given our hyper salinity waters down here that's a miracle. Plugs on the back of LED's are whats failing now, they have rubber grommets to keep water out but over that span the rubber starts to let water in then they are cooked in short order. Just ordered everything to go new from the hitch back, marine tinned copper wire and LED's all around, it was a couple hundred bucks on amazon but it will be well worth it if I can go another 5 or 6 years without crawling around on the ground trying to figure out why the lights aren't working when I should be on the road to go fishing.

I agree. You’ll see so many trailers on the road with lights out.

If the harness is still good leave it alone. Go with led lights. Use the heat shrink style butt splices for the wiring, they sell them at auto zone and don’t come apart or let water/moisture in to corrode the wires. For the clearance lights where you use the quick splice connectors, add dielectric grease there. Make sure you clean the areas where the grounds go against the frame. Connect the ground off the harness by the plug to the frame of the trailer. It’s not supposed to ground on the ball of your truck. Follow those steps and you’ll be trouble free.

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Who will admit that their lights don’t work properly?

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Me, but my boat only tows from the camp to the launch--about .5 miles.

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its a poor design with trying to move the proper voltage some 20ft total across three connections minimum thru inferior wire and cheap connections. upgrade to a heavier gauge wire. Use solid connections and solder every where you can.

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All of this too

They won't stay working if you jank rig a bunch of butt splices and old wire automotive wire from behind the barn to hurry up and go fishing tomorrow and stick all that shite into salt water still plugged in to the truck.

Its electrical stuff that you dunk in the water, bounce down the highway, let the squirrels chew on, etc. If you don't use good shite and do a good job putting it in it aint gonna stay working long.

its one of my pet peeves so my shite works, but they are some tricky damn things. Like you said its basic AF but damn gremlins I tell you.

I can't stand a MF with no trailer lights.