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sirslurpee
11-06-2008, 06:42 PM
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Can anyone tell me which filament is the dim and which is the bright?
I'm rewiring my trailer and one of the filaments in the only bulb I have died and I can't get a hold of one till later..
Also dummy me forgot to check to see which wire was connected as the tail light, and which the blinker. :\



elvis 1
11-07-2008, 11:39 AM
brown is tail yellow + green are turn/stop
waterfoul
11-07-2008, 12:05 PM
If memory serves... the bottom, thicker filiment is the brake/turn and the thinner upper filiment is the tail light.
PerchOnly
11-07-2008, 12:27 PM
Don't you have lights on both sides of the trailer? Or am I missing something?
roger23
11-07-2008, 12:39 PM
on a 1157 the short filament is the bright one
sirslurpee
11-10-2008, 04:02 AM
brown is tail yellow + green are turn/stop
I know but the wires coming from the light housing are brown and red. It ended up brown to brown and yellow to red.

Don't you have lights on both sides of the trailer? Or am I missing something?

no it's a smaller trailer.. grandpa says you only need left side :confused:
It's his trailer but if the case is that you are required to have both left and right, which makes more sense to me, then I will get on that ASAP
but it's been with just 1 side for probably 30+ years and i've been pulling it for 4 or 5 years and haven't had a problem..



And you guys were right, the shorter, thicker element is the brighter one.
I managed to get a hold of a bulb and try it both ways..
roger23
11-10-2008, 07:24 AM
the brown is running lights the red is turn signal is right or left depending which side it is on.all I know is in Ohio you have to have both sides and a licence plate light,I have been given a warning ticked because one side was out
frenchriver1
11-10-2008, 07:45 AM
Wonder why then new trailer light sets are sold with one for each side?
PerchOnly
11-10-2008, 08:42 AM
no it's a smaller trailer.. grandpa says you only need left side :confused:

Grandpa was probably right, I got curious and looked it up and from what I read, if the trailer is 2500 lbs or less, you don't need both turn signals.

Interesting.
waterfoul
11-10-2008, 04:43 PM
Yup, the laws in Michigan and Ohio vary greatly. Heck, in Wisconsin you don't even need a trailer plate under a certain weight, it just has to be registered.

As for being sold one side or the other... if you break one backing into something or have one busted mysteriously at the ramp (and we all WILL have one or the other happen to us at some point or another) would you want to HAVE to buy both sides? I'm looking at our trailer light display right now... both LED's and standard incandesant lights sold in pairs and singles every day. Want just the bulb? Got it. Want to convert to LED (which I HIGHLY recomend) we can do that to. Having a choice is what it's all about.
frenchriver1
11-11-2008, 07:55 AM
According to my son who is in the law enforcement biz, the one lite statement is correct, never would have thought it...
frenchriver1
11-11-2008, 08:13 AM
...Yup, the laws in Michigan and Ohio vary greatly...


The laws in MI and the Buckeye are pretty much the same as to the single light..
roger23
11-11-2008, 08:41 AM
4513.071 Stop light.

(A) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with two or more stop lights, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1967, motorcycles, and motor-driven cycles shall be equipped with at least one stop light. Stop lights shall be mounted on the rear of the vehicle, actuated upon application of the service brake, and may be incorporated with other rear lights. Such stop lights when actuated shall emit a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the stop lights on the rear-most vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
Such stop lights when actuated shall give a steady warning light to the rear of a vehicle or train of vehicles to indicate the intention of the operator to diminish the speed of or stop a vehicle or train of vehicles.
When stop lights are used as required by this section, they shall be constructed or installed so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate rules and regulations established under section 4513.19 of the Revised Code.
Historical motor vehicles as defined in section 4503.181 of the Revised Code, not originally manufactured with stop lights, are not subject to this section.
(B) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in section 4513.99 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 01-01-2004