Trailer brake light

jamesmartin said:

long story ,mother in law going wappy ,new bungalow ,mrs making stuff complicatedl,peace

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Peace through seclusion and alcohol. All the best.

Ok, still scratching my head over this, especially since I discovered that it's just a simple switch on top of the brake box that connects a circuit, and that the brake appears to have been bypassed at some point with a fat brown wire coming from the switch through to both rear stop/brake lamps.

I think I have a solution, but I'm not sure if it's safe to proceed. Any advice would be appreciated, as always.

What I know so far:

- The green wire going into the Landy's side/brake lamp powers the brake light.
- The red wire coming from the trailer socket powers the trailer brake light.

Question: can I simply put a scotch lock connector on the green wire of the Landy lamp, then run a wire from the scotch lock to the red wire going to the trailer socket? I'm worried that this might not be standard, that the trailer brake has it's own wire powering it, and that fitting such a splice would draw too much current when a trailer is connected and cause melting/fire. But perhaps this splice is how the circuit is supposed to work - it's just been butchered by the 7 previous owners making it hard to understand the existing setup.

Thanks.

Yu can splice into the wire and run it straight to the trailer socket, yes. BUT FFS not with a scotchBlox. they is ****e and designed for the telecomms industry. Either solder it or go to Halfrauds or maplins, and buy some male bullet connectors and a 4way Female bullet connector cut wires and crimp the male bullets on. then fit em all to the 4way connector.

redhand said:

Yu can splice into the wire and run it straight to the trailer socket, yes. BUT FFS not with a scotchBlox. they is ****e and designed for the telecomms industry. Either solder it or go to Halfrauds or maplins, and buy some male bullet connectors and a 4way Female bullet connector cut wires and crimp the male bullets on. then fit em all to the 4way connector.

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Yes, I've heard this about Scotch Blocks before. Actually, I've just found a dodgy connection, which, surprise surprise, used a Scotch Block. Will start crimping now.

Thanks redhand.

FYI: spliced into the green wire (running from the Landy spot/brake lamp) and connected directly to the red trailer wire. All working now.

Avoided using scotch blocks and will replace my temporary dodgy splice with 4 way bullet connector when the order arrives this week.

Thanks for all your help on this matter. So nice to see something working. Although I wish I'd found the dodgy connection to repair, but sometimes, life is too 'short'.

GreenLove said:

FYI: spliced into the green wire (running from the Landy spot/brake lamp) and connected directly to the red trailer wire. All working now.

Avoided using scotch blocks and will replace my temporary dodgy splice with 4 way bullet connector when the order arrives this week.

Thanks for all your help on this matter. So nice to see something working. Although I wish I'd found the dodgy connection to repair, but sometimes, life is too 'short'.

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Well done. At Last!!

redhand said:

Well done. At Last!!

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When it comes to electrics, I'm an overly cautious fellow.