Taillight Wiring – Help please

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April 10, 2021 at 1:10 pm #697708

Bullet
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I have several wires on the driver’s side taillight that have broken away from the butt splices. Not sure what goes where. The black at the bottom left is coming from the plate light. The red wire goes into a connector with nothing on the other side. There is a broken black wire coming out of the yellow connector and a loose yellow wire. Any help would be much appreciated.

April 10, 2021 at 1:33 pm #697711

DanDaMan
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Good fortune. I just redid mine this morning. Black wire from the light goes to a brown trailer harness wire. The red wire from the light goes to either yellow or green depending which side left or right signal. White goes to trailer ground. Good luck!

i highly recommend you use heat shrink connectors if you are able

April 10, 2021 at 3:02 pm #697713

unravels
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Seems kind of odd on a trailer they didn’t heat shrink the connections or use the adhesive type butt connectors, so connections would be strong and water tight, would stop connections from pulling apart and prevent corrosion. Is this common practice on bass boats?

April 14, 2021 at 10:00 am #697772

Matt Hayes
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Seems kind of odd on a trailer they didn’t heat shrink the connections or use the adhesive type butt connectors, so connections would be strong and water tight, would stop connections from pulling apart and prevent corrosion. Is this common practice on bass boats?

Yup they all get the quick crimps. Ive never seen any soldered. And raycam style instant solder connectors with heat shrink are like $8-12 each so… Wont see those on there anytime soon

April 14, 2021 at 5:52 pm #697776

unravels
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Think I’m gonna redo the trailer connections with something like this. About $0.59 a piece. Just a little piece of mind, had a wire pull apart, this would have prevented it.

Butt Connector Marine Grade – Adhesive Lined Heat Shrink – A81218-12-10 AWG – 25 Pack

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0121ZVXW0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_3BR7CFS182GCPAPH1EV2

April 15, 2021 at 6:43 am #697785

billius
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I have my 4th BassCat. Every one of the four have had trailer wiring issues. Two of the boats were less than a month after I took delivery of the boat. Wires pull apart as has been mentioned. Of course those wires are subjected to a lot, rain, mud, and other road debris. That is my one and only complaint about an otherwise very solidly built boat and trailer. There is no better boat made.

April 16, 2021 at 5:30 am #697793
Dwayne
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- If you are able I suggest that you take the time to solder all connections and use het shrink coating. Adding a dedicated ground wire also ensures a solid connection with the lights.
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