LED Trailer Lights with non standard wiring ?

[@louquintana7784]

Thank you for your advice. I spent about three hours, using the white wire as a ground and could not figure out what was going on. I truly appreciate you buddy.

[@davidyummus6259]

Glad it helped :)

[@erikjones356]

Would have been nice to know WHOCH color trailer light goes with the res white and black!!! You never said which goes to which!!!

[@1ghosthorse]

Thank you. I opened my lights tonight assuming they would have standard wiring. Alas, they both have red, black, & green. I will try the battery test.

[@petronkosi7422]

Which one is ground?

[@stephen3627]

@@petronkosi7422probably black

[@davidwright8609]

How are the wires connected? Red to what color and White to what color?

[@famousgraves6817]

I owe you everything. Thanks

[@stephenhans189]

Thanks 👍💯🇺🇸

[@billygammon5953]

I'm having the same issue thanks I'll try it hopefully as you said the tourettes symptoms will go away.

[@davidyummus6259]

Good luck

[@billygammon5953]

@@davidyummus6259 I think I have to ground the white wire to the back of the light.

[@jessegomez2960]

So do you wire the white and red together then?

[@stevefrost8789]

i was looking into buying some similar to these from amazon.. 3 wires.. they claim to do turn signal. brakes and running lights.. how is that going to work.. normaly its 4 wires

[@davidyummus6259]

The lights have just 2 functions,... A moderate or low light for running lights then a brighter light fir brakes & that brighter brake light gets a broken signal from the car to flash for turn signals. Low light for running, bright light for brakes & turns

[@jamestabisz3509]

Wrong. White is ground, black is running, red is brake on the LEDs I got.

[@davidyummus6259]

Not on the lights I bought.

[@richmckay576]

I have to agree with James Tabisz. I bought some LED's and the set up is the same as what James stated.

[@richmckay576]

However your video did help me problem solve what I had. Thank you.

[@joserosales6886]

I used this video to install some rgb led lights 🤝

[@michaelroberts2527]

Thanks so much for making this video

[@davidyummus6259]

Did it help ?

[@richardlopez2682]

Thanks!!!

[@chadjohnson5917]

You need to state what wires connects to what wire.

[@davidyummus6259]

I can't because Wires vary with different Lights & Trailers,... That's why I mentioned which wires on my lights did which function.

[@chadjohnson5917]

@davidyummus6259 but most common trailer wires has green/brown on the starboard side and yellow/brown on the port with the white wire on the light as it's ground

[@davidyummus6259]

@@chadjohnson5917 Well, if Brown runs down both sides of the Trailer then the Brown Wire would be for Running Lights & the Green & Yellow would be for Brake/Turn Signals being the brighter light :) You now have your answer ;)

[@davidyummus6259]

@@chadjohnson5917 I still have the trailer with same Lights but the wiring is taped up so I can't see the wires but,... If you have Brown wire running down both sides of the Trailer then they "should" be for Running Lights which is the softer or lower light which means the White wire on the Lights "should" go to the Brown on either side, the Red wire on the Lights "should" go to the Green on passenger side of Trailer or Red to Yellow on Driver side of Trailer. Black on Lights to Ground. Test the wires on your lights with a battery to know exactly which wire does what function,... Mine in the video was: Black to Negative battery then one at a time, touch Red wire to Positive terminal, then White to Positive terminal,... The low light is Running Lights & Turns, the Bright Light is Brakes.

[@georgegoddard9636]

So David, other than having to figure out the wiring, do you like the new lights? Brighter than old school?

[@davidyummus6259]

Yeah, nice & bright. They are water tight so I think they will be more reliable too :)

[@edwardammerman2179]

Very helpful 👌

[@captraib1]

White is also ground on my lights,But these are made in China and they dont use our color codes and dont seem to have any of their own.

[@brian1715]

White is ground for every light I’ve ever done . These are just messed up 😂

[@davidyummus6259]

And thats why I did the video lol

[@MrGreen4210]

Wrong. White is ground. Black is tail light. Red is stoplight here in America. Wire diagram on back of light.

[@davidyummus6259]

NO ! Why the f*** do u think I made the video ? As I said, these were cheap lights made in China & they dont give a crap about what we do or need in America ! I just rewired the trailer, kept the same lights & reviewed this video to check & it stands correct for MY lights !

[@davidyummus6259]

There is NO wiring diagram on the light & NO papers came with them !

[@davidwright8609]

Thanks for all your help

[@dave6199]

Just dickheads

[@jamestabisz3509]

I followed your lead and wired my trailer wrong.

[@davidyummus6259]

Never trust a KZbin video ;) I tested the lights before installing, I wired them the way I said & they still work correctly, thats all I can say.

[@paulmartinez-ne9pn]

Red to green black to Brown white wire is your ground from the lights nothing else

[@ismaeltorres8848]

Fuck thank goodness man fuck these cam lights