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Pressing on with my "down under" projects (coroplast down). One of them was to figure out why a cap marker light was inoperative. What I found is GD used a butt splice to join the LED light's wires to the trailer's marker light circuit. The butt splice is hanging behind the cap without any strain relief. Over time the marker light circuit wire (which goes down the front of the cap and then joins with the front marker light, the one closest to the ground) pulled out of that butt splice. Thankfully just one of the two wires pulled out of it's splice so I was able to pull the wire assy out through the mounting hole and rewire.
That's two butt-splices that have caused light failures. (One was an interior light and now the marker light. The first pic below is from the interior.)
Simple fix--used new heat shrink butt splices and reinforced with glue-lined heat shrink on top. I did both sides, both wires so I won't have to do it again.
Howard
GDRV-Megan -- the splice behind the cap could use some strain relief. If both wires had failed it would have been quite a job to route them back up to the marker light. Please pass on to the Reflection team. (Thanks!)
That's two butt-splices that have caused light failures. (One was an interior light and now the marker light. The first pic below is from the interior.)
Simple fix--used new heat shrink butt splices and reinforced with glue-lined heat shrink on top. I did both sides, both wires so I won't have to do it again.
Howard
GDRV-Megan -- the splice behind the cap could use some strain relief. If both wires had failed it would have been quite a job to route them back up to the marker light. Please pass on to the Reflection team. (Thanks!)
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