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Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? #11133281 09/28/15 08:55 PM
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Early morning launches are starting to get 'a little harder' as the dang body is getting older and its harder for me at least, to see some of the narrow boat launches....full daylight....no problem.
Any after market kits? Expensive? Worth while?
Thanks in advance...
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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133301 09/28/15 09:00 PM
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Very worthwhile. My Skeeter trailer came with them. If I didn't already have them, I would look into adding them.


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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133360 09/28/15 09:18 PM
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I looked into it. I couldn't find the lights I wanted that would look good, so I aborted the mission.


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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133383 09/28/15 09:24 PM
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Dang, with all the LED lighting that is available now, thought many of ya'll would have found them and, hopefully some had installed them.
Shoot a monkey....well, will keep looking
thanks
God Bless


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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133443 09/28/15 09:56 PM
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my son put some on his truck that he bought off of Amazon. Looks like he has stadium lighting when backing up (wired them into his backup lights). Will put some on the trailer next, there are times we don't use his truck to pull the boat.

Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133561 09/28/15 11:00 PM
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Thanks ...I knew someone had to have done this. Will you get him to share where on Amazon and what ?
thanks pardner...
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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133612 09/28/15 11:18 PM
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Bluewater LED has them they are awesome! I have them on my trailer to 10-15 min to install


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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133809 09/29/15 01:00 AM
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Ok my one stupid question for today: How do you connect them to the Back Up light only? So they don't connect to the running lights or turn lights (on/off/on/off LOL) or brake lights (On when you step on the brake. (Guys on the road love that!)


Well never mind! I found the Infinite Wisdom of GOOGLE! LOL
http://www.etrailer.com/question-54883.html

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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133822 09/29/15 01:05 AM
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Hook them to your reverse lights Ron. For duck boats, I have seen people use the flood cubes. Wouldn't be a problem on a bassboat. If you have room, you could mount flush mount led flood lights.

Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133861 09/29/15 01:20 AM
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I have the blue water LEDs I just spliced them into the backup lights work pretty good also nice when loading the boat in the dark looks like a runway when I load the boat


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I used these...http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GLLW3AM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01 can't beat them for the price.


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Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133947 09/29/15 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted By: Lee in Texas
Dang, with all the LED lighting that is available now, thought many of ya'll would have found them and, hopefully some had installed them.
Shoot a monkey....well, will keep looking
thanks
God Bless


I've thought about it on the trailer. Some of these docks don't maintain their lights on the ramps and are steep and hard to navigate in the dark. I just replaced my trailer lights with LEDs that are guaranteed for life not to go out. One of them lasted about 2 months before it went out. In order to use the warranty, I have to ship it back to them with a receipt...too much trouble and time consuming. Until I know that I find something that the water won't ruin, I am holding off. I'm tired of replacing lights!

Re: Anyone Added Backup LED Lights to Your Trailer ? [Re: Lee in Texas] #11133969 09/29/15 02:04 AM
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Well, these days, if you buy a marine LED product, they are sealed. Water shouldn't get in.
But, unless I'm mistaken, the ones described in the posts above all are on the vehicle and not the trailer, right/wrong?
Really would like to find some that mount on the trailer.
Like Bobby....I'm not sure how to tie them in to the backup lights on the truck. I don't think there is an open connection point in my trailer light plug that fits from the boat trailer to the truck, is there ?
Glad to see I'm not the only one....sometimes early morning or late afternoon/early evening recovery gets a little dicey.
God Bless


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You have to cut the wire then you can solder or crimp the wires back together make sure to use heat shrink and wrap with electrical tape I've had mine for 2 years and no problems I mounted the strips on the back of the trailer and use dielectric grease


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The light cubes can be mounted on the trailer. Best to use high quality lights tho. And just splice them into your pre existing reverse lights.

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