| Re: Lost left turn signal [message #371063 is a reply to message #371061] |
Mon, 13 February 2023 23:15   |
Ken Burton
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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Bruce,
I agree with everything you posted. I have been known to cheat occasionally and I usually get burned later. When I installed my Macerator I just grounded it under a mounting bolt which is the steel frame. It worked for about 5 years and then the rust on the frame set in. It took me a while looking at other stuff before I discovered it was the ground connection. I ran the ground wire to where it belonged in the first place and took care of the problem.
I did the same thing on my Colorado when I installed 7 pin trailer connector. I ran the ground to the frame. Several years later I lost all trailer lighting due to a bad ground. It turns out the bed and the steel frame are not ground and whatever was giving it the circuit went away. The factory wiring harness for the 4 pin connector ran the ground all the way back up front. I needed a heavier ground for the 7 pin to run a winch on one of my trailers. It worked for a while.
These are some of the reasons I tell people to do it the correct way the first time.
Ken B.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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