Trailer light woes

[Fab1]

Hooked up the boat to find out I had no tail lights this morning.

My gut feeling said that water had made its way into the lights.

So i opened up the lenses to find the contacts/wiring corroded.

Contacts/wiring cleaned up and soldered.

Bulbs soldered.

Sealed lights with urethane.

Lights working again and hopefully no more corrosion.

To those of you running non led lights,doing these simple things I've done will avoid further grief down the road when you want to go fishing.

Hopefully this helps someone.

Cheers.

Edited February 1, 2015 by Fab1

[oz_brett]

LED's aren't fool proof although they do come with lifetime warranty I've had 2 claims over 6 years (may have been a bad batch).

Previous trailer had air lock (open at the bottom) incandescent that I had no faith in - I kept plenty of WD40 on the bare wires and they lasted longer

if I have to buy lights again it would be a flip of a coin.

worth a try - CRC make a spray for battery terminals, like a paint that prevents corrosion I use it on all my batteries

[Yarraone]

get a test light and start at your trailer plug on your car and work backwards untill you find the break