Tow pkg
#11
Do I understand this properly?
Be sure you have the relay and fuse from the glove box installed in the fuse box.
https://www.f150forum.com/f38/traile...4/#post1159713
https://www.f150forum.com/f38/traile...4/#post1159713
So are you saying that my interior trailer lights will work if I just plug something in (relay?) into the fuse box? So the problem is a fuse of relay? Obviously, there is nothing wrong with my trailer since the lights work with my '03 truck.
#12
Ok, I think we are making progress....
Now where do I plug them in?
Thanks for all your help!
#13
Senior Member
Look at the photos of the fuse box in your own quoted post above to see where to put the fuse and the relay. The photo shows a finger pointing to the spots where the fuse and relay go. The fuse box layout with the fuses labeled is in your owner's manual. If you don't have the owner's manual, download one here and look on page 334 for the fuse box: http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Fo.../11f12og3e.pdf
Last edited by atwowheelguy; 03-17-2015 at 12:58 AM.
#15
Grumpy Old Man
Interior trailer lights do not work the same way as the exterior tail lights. running lights, parking lights, etc. Instead, the interior trailer lights run off the battery in the horse trailer, or off the 12-volt hot wire in the trailer plug. So all your traler lights could be working except the interior trailer lights would not work until you get the trailer wiring done right.
There are two different 12-volt hot wires in your 7-pin RV trailer wiring plug. One is primarily to charge the "house" battery in the trailer, and the other is called the auxiliary hot wire. The auxiliary hot wire is not often used, but when it is used it might be for backup lights on the trailer, or interior lights on the trailer, or both. Or a porch light near the hitch?
Anywho, long story short, you must install that relay and fuse you found in the glovebox before the 12/volt hot wires will work. Study the wiring diagrams and fuse-box layout in the Owner's Guide to see where they go.
There are two different 12-volt hot wires in your 7-pin RV trailer wiring plug. One is primarily to charge the "house" battery in the trailer, and the other is called the auxiliary hot wire. The auxiliary hot wire is not often used, but when it is used it might be for backup lights on the trailer, or interior lights on the trailer, or both. Or a porch light near the hitch?
Anywho, long story short, you must install that relay and fuse you found in the glovebox before the 12/volt hot wires will work. Study the wiring diagrams and fuse-box layout in the Owner's Guide to see where they go.
#16
Senior Member
Now that you're educated, pay it forward to the next one who is mad at their truck.
Last edited by atwowheelguy; 03-17-2015 at 10:52 PM.