Lights again................

[HSLD]

Well, I'm closer and closer to installing my lights. What an ordeal. My truck is an old Werner truck with the filler necks dead center in the tank. My tanks are rotated up. They were that way when I bought her. So I guess when Werner wants a truck full of fuel they mean it. It's a pain to fuel up without lights due to the position of the necks.

To make a long story short, Panelite is custom making a set of Classic lights for me with the W9 style fuel door and clear lenses with amber LED's.

I know in the past, Big Dave and the Capt suggested various means of wiring the lights up. Here's what I've come up with. Painless Wiring makes a weatherproof fuse box for adding accessories to vehicles without having to tie into the vehicles wiring harness. One of the tech article I've read on the box is a Jeep Project adding numerous lights and other electricial accessories to the Jeep. So, I'm thinking this should handle my set up.

Now here's where I need the advise. I want to change out the turn signal light on the sleeper extensions. I wanted to go with the M1 LED from Panelite. Panelite says the setup will work, but the dealer I'm ordering from says it won't becasue the M1 is a two wire setup. So, I look at the truck, and notice that the factory turn signal light is a two wire light. What's the problem? The dealer says that Panelite is wrong and is just looking for the sale. This is the way I want to do it. So will it work or not?


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HSLD

[Big_Dave]

If both lights (old & new) are 2 wire, there shouldn't be any problem.

[Capt._Chaos]

Those turn signal lights on the fairing that you want to install- what color are the wires?

If they're set up as a marker & turn signal combo, they will use the mounting screws as a ground, while the black (or brown) wire is for your marker light. The turn signal wire (for the bright side) should either be yellow, green, or red.

Be sure to give them a good, clean ground, and use some dielectric grease on the mounting screws, ground points, and all connections & plugs to avoid corrosion.

[HSLD]

Those turn signal lights on the fairing that you want to install- what color are the wires?

If they're set up as a marker & turn signal combo, they will use the mounting screws as a ground, while the black (or brown) wire is for your marker light. The turn signal wire (for the bright side) should either be yellow, green, or red.

Be sure to give them a good, clean ground, and use some dielectric grease on the mounting screws, ground points, and all connections & plugs to avoid corrosion.


I haven't ordered the lights yet, so I'm not sure about the wiring on the lights I want to install. I'd assume there's a hot and a ground.

I was thinking the same thing about the screws being the ground on the current lights, but then I kind of thought they wouldn't be grounded to the aluminum sleeper extension, would they?

I should have time today to check the wiring colors of the harness and pull the light apart to see what the deal is.

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HSLD

[Bryan]

OFFTOPIC: i love liners man cant wait to see your truck when iits done with the lights good luck with your ordeal :)

[Capt._Chaos]

I was thinking the same thing about the screws being the ground on the current lights, but then I kind of thought they wouldn't be grounded to the aluminum sleeper extension, would they?

HSLD

Yes, on most trucks surface-mounted lights are grounded through the screws, regardless of what type of metal surface they're mounted to.

If you get a light with a white wire, that one's your ground wire.

When you get the lights, please let us know what color your wires are so we can help you.

[HSLD]

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Yes, on most trucks surface-mounted lights are grounded through the screws, regardless of what type of metal surface they're mounted to.

If you get a light with a white wire, that one's your ground wire.

When you get the lights, please let us know what color your wires are so we can help you.

Yeah, I knew about grounding thru the screws, I just always associate corrosion with aluminum and electrical current.

Well, I finally looked at the wiring, but haven't pulled the current light apart yet. It appears to be red & white wiring. I'll confirm that I'm not grounded thru the screws next week. I think this is the only place on the truck the Freightliner went the distance to proctect the wiring. They're heavily taped etc........

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HSLD