11screw50

OK, so before my last trip, my drivers side brake/blinker light on my TT were not working. Turns out there was poor contact being made at the plug.

Just curious what everyone does to keep good contact? I ended up taking a bit of sandpaper and cleaning the terminals but that is kind of a PITA.

Sure, I could google it and probably come up with 100 different things that people do but even though I don't really know any of you better than random guy posting a solution that I might stumble across on the ol' interwebs, I value your opinions more than that random guy.

I think every time I've had a trailer lighting issue it has been poor contact at the plug (except the time I dragged the wire to my popup 200 miles...while it was plugged in, then it was a lack of continuity in the wire)...

Thanks.

Martian

Depends on the problem, specifically. Usually when it's "at the plug" it generally involves just a re-seat of the wire (shove it back in there). My last trailer blinker problem was actually four things - a blown bulb, blown fuse, inadequate ground to the trailer, and a plug issue. Fixes:

1. Replaced bulb.
2. Replaced fuse.
3. Used a scribe to grind some rust and paint down and get a good ground. Put a thin coat of dielectric grease / Vaseline / chap stick on it.
4. It was a disconnect connector, so I just squeezed it tighter with pliers so it gripped the male end firmly.