How to Make Trailer Lights Work Without Hooking Them Up to a Vehicle

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How to Make Trailer Lights Work Without Hooking Them Up to a Vehicle | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by Adrianne Howell | permalink
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How to Make Trailer Lights Work Without Hooking Them Up to a Vehicle. In order for the trailer lights to illuminate without actually being connected to a vehicle, they must be wired to a power source. To accomplish this task, connect wires to the positive and negative power leads of the trailer lights. If the trailer lights are modern and adhere to...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5022773_make-work-hooking-up-vehicle.html ^[1]

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How should the lights for a trailer be hooked up? More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by Corkyman | permalink
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I have a tent trailer and the lights don't work right. It has a 4 wire connector to my car but one of the wires on the trailer connector was worn out and probably not working. So I got a new 4 prong

For further reading: http://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/464/how-should-the-lights-for-a-trailer-be-hooked-up ^[2]

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Wiring Your Trailer Hitch More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by Maureen Bureson | permalink
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Saturday Mechanic: Wiring Your Trailer Hitch
Tags: automotive,trailer,trailer hitch,car care,saturday mechanic

For further reading: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/a97/1272556/ ^[3]

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How to Hook Up a Tow Dolly and Lights to a Car More
Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago by Ben 256 | permalink
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Using a tow dolly s a great option for towing a vehicle without having to use a full-sized trailer. However, it's very important to ensure that both the tow dolly and lights are properly hooked up to the car before you begin towing. Make...
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Category: Fun | 9 years, 7 month(s) ago

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1. http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5022773_make-work-hooking-up-vehicle.html

2. http://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/464/how-should-the-lights-for-a-trailer-be-hooked-up

3. http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/a97/1272556/

4. http://www.wikihow.com/Hook-Up-a-Tow-Dolly-and-Lights-to-a-Car