Bill, One of the vulnerabilities of LED trailer lights is the potential to over tighten the light when it is being installed on the trailer. The plastic housing can crack and let water in. Don't ask how I know.
After I nearly pulled my CDory (at night) on top of a speeding car in Seattle, I now carry magnetic mount lights as backups. Steve On Jun 3, 2008, at 9:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ditto, always disconnect when dunking because it also protects > water shorts > from road rash, pinhole nicks and dings in the trailer wire > insulation. > There's no roadside fix with LEDs by pulling out a spare $2 bulb > and changing it. > When sealed LEDs gets zapped (and they do far more often than > advertising > hype says) you have to buy a new light fixture. For the price of > one set of LED > trailer lights you can have two sets of incandescent light > fixtures, spares > bulbs, spare harness, spare connectors, spare fuses, spare lenses, > a 6 pak of > beer and never be stranded without lights. Yep, you're right, I > really don't > like trailer LEDs after seeing so many people with failures of > them. However, > I have LEDs for interior lights to save batt juice and think it's > the best > reason to use them. > > Bill > > > > > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking > with > Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4? > &NCID=aolfod00030000000002) > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
