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Petty4life
04-18-2010, 08:56 PM
I should know the answer to this but right now i cant think of it.

I just installed the red light in pic as a marker lihgt on the outside of the back of the trailer, behind the wheel facing out i have mounted an amber marker light my question is, is this light ok to be amber where it is behind the wheel or does it meed to be red?101idea101

SuperD
04-18-2010, 08:59 PM
As a side marker, amber is okay.

Petty4life
04-18-2010, 09:51 PM
i hadto do something and add more lights so hopefully i can see the trailer beter and quit hitting the housetooexcited

Bduck
04-19-2010, 09:42 AM
On my trailer, the side markers fwd of wheel well are amber and rear of wheel wells is red. Each wheel well themselves has 1 amber and 1 red.

SuperD
04-19-2010, 10:03 AM
On my trailer, the side markers fwd of wheel well are amber and rear of wheel wells is red. Each wheel well themselves has 1 amber and 1 red.

Similiar to mine but the behind the wheel marker is facing toward the rear, not the side. If it is facing the rear, I believe it is read for vehicles approaching from the rear.

Bduck
04-19-2010, 01:03 PM
Similiar to mine but the behind the wheel marker is facing toward the rear, not the side. If it is facing the rear, I believe it is read for vehicles approaching from the rear.

Exactly, the amber face fwd and the red faces to the rear, and the rest of the markers are true side markers.

SilverBullets
04-19-2010, 03:00 PM
here's some addtional info...
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/standards/conspicuity/trlrpstr.html

Petty4life
04-19-2010, 05:56 PM
looks like im ok then cause my light faces out and not to the reartooexcited

Petty4life
04-23-2010, 03:29 PM
almost done

SuperD
05-18-2010, 04:46 PM
Jason,

I was browsing for some marker lights for my camper and found this white light bar.

http://www.ledtrailerlights.com/cm/54-5500.htm

Tied into your trailer back up wire, this might cast a good amount of light behind the boat.

Bduck
05-18-2010, 10:03 PM
almost done

Jason, The lite aft of the wheel on my trailer is red. When approaching from the rear should be able to see red including the back of the wheel area. Fwd of the wheel transitions over to amber.

Petty4life
05-19-2010, 09:00 PM
Jason, The lite aft of the wheel on my trailer is red. When approaching from the rear should be able to see red including the back of the wheel area. Fwd of the wheel transitions over to amber.

the one behind the wheel points out not back and checking with Kokaholic to check regulations and checking my federal dot book im legal.

Full_Monte
06-30-2010, 08:56 AM
101sweatinit101
here's some addtional info...
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/standards/conspicuity/trlrpstr.html

Thanks for that, SB...I didn't know I was so illegal....101sweatinit101