When is too many lights to many.

[Scrounger]

I never like to use a body ground with trailer lights. It will fail at some point. Wire all your grounds and power connections, and solder them. Then use either shrink tube or liquid tape. No more screwing around trying to get them to work in the dark, or the cold.

I would have liked to do that but no ground to each light. The old lights grounded via the mount, the new LED lights have a ground wire and I was not able to connect all the wires in one big line. If one goes out, that is the first place to check by each light. Real simple check at least.

 

[RobJ]

It will stop the cruise control working as the brake light switch is used for the cruise and if regular tail lights are swapped for LED's the computor looses the signal .QUOTE]

Not on all F250's or at least mine which is a 1999 model. I have an intermitting problem with the switch on the brake pedal. At times it will not turn on the brake lights even if I depress the pedal all the way down hard. But it will kick out the cruise. To fit the probem I jockey the position of the switch and it'll work. It's on my list to try a new brake switch. There is a bunch of wires going to that switch, I don't know which is which but I do know the cruise will shut off without the brake lights working.

 

[LoneCowboy]

If you are commercial...just remember every light you add is just another potential fine if it is NOT working...

+100000000000
Stupid as heck but true.
If you have way extra than required, but one is broken
ding, violation.

even though you have more than minimum.
arrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Rara Avis]

+100000000000
Stupid as heck but true.
If you have way extra than required, but one is broken
ding, violation.

even though you have more than minimum.
arrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhh

This is ONE LAW...that I have never understood...

 

[QRTRHRS]

If you are commercial...just remember every light you add is just another potential fine if it is NOT working...

DOT was on a crusade about having extra lights on the rear of the trailer for awhile. I don't know if that is still going on or not.

I know it was controversial as some trailers are manufactured with extra lights on already.

 

[Eagleview]

It will stop the cruise control working as the brake light switch is used for the cruise and if regular tail lights are swapped for LED's the computor looses the signal .QUOTE]

Not on all F250's or at least mine which is a 1999 model.

Mine is not an F250 , it only has an F250 cab . Thats why i call it a Hybrid . It has a Nissan Patrol chassis , diffs and gearbox , a Turbo charged Twin cam fuel injected 6 cylinder engine out of a Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo . I took the firewall , dash , steering column , pedals , air con and complete wiring loom out of the donor car and grafted it all into the F250 cab . Thats why it has Can Bus wiring and yours does not . I did'nt mean to Jack this thread , but only to warn of the problems with LED's and some late model vehicles .