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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 05:58 PM
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trailer lights

i owna couple tow behind trailes. atv etc. the lights give me probs once and a while. bulbs etc. does anyone use the "lcd" lights and are they worth the money? thanks, jay
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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I think you mean LED lights. I don't have them on any of my trailers, but I do have a 58 LED center brake light on a fiberglass topper. It has been on my daily driver for five years, and all 58 LEDs are still working. If I were replacing trailer lights today, I would probably go with the LEDs.

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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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yeah, led not lcd...man what a monday!!
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 07:18 PM
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I work for a concrete company and we run over 100 mixers. Every time we change out an incandescant tail light, stop light or marker light, we are using leds. Any time the bulb burns out, the truck is down for a while to change the assembly. One led can go and the others still work. For us, its a matter of up time. I haven't made the switch on my own stock trailer, gooseneck or bp lowboy though. For one thing on my own trailers, every trailer has different style marker, tail and stop lamps.
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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LED are definately the way to go... They have a MUCH longer service life than incandescent. I have all LED and like them really well.
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Old Oct 10, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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I used to run standard ( incandescent ) lights on my bobcat trailer. About 3 times a year, I would spend a day dealing with corroded / burned wires, burned out bulbs, bag grounds, etc. 2 1/2 years ago, I switched to LED lighting all around. Since then, I have not had a single wiring issue to deal with, nor have any of the lights gone out.

The LED's use so little current, that the wiring never heats up, nor does it corrode as a result of heat and moisture in the connections. The lights cost more to purchase, yes. In the long run though, they have paid for themselves several times over in uptime.

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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 09:23 PM
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www.superbrightleds.com


check there for the truck lights that fit into the gromets on the trailers....
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