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    Posted: 19 Mar 2019 at 7:25am
Originally posted by Jencabltn

Hi there. I just ordered a new brake light for my 2016 Rpod. When it comes, do I pop the old one out via the inside from under the kitchen cabinet? (After take of the lens and such on the outsidee)


It's a complete "unit". You remove the screws from the outside. Remove all the silicone, move the wires from old light to new, screw new light in place, reseal with silicone.
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I have replaced a set of tail lights on the rear. You simply cut the caulking around the base, unscrew the entire unit. The wiring comes out through a 1" hole in the pod's skin. Splice the new wires into the existing harness, apply new caulk and screw the fixture on.I would fill the old screw holes with silicone and use new screw holes for mounting the new fixture.
Simple and easy
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Hi there. I just ordered a new brake light for my 2016 Rpod. When it comes, do I pop the old one out via the inside from under the kitchen cabinet? (After take of the lens and such on the outsidee)
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I had the same tail light problem.

In my case, upon further inspection, the LED housing was full of water like a fish tank.

Mine is the LED from Command Electronics model 003-6019R. I just ordered a replacement.
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Originally posted by pnwcamper

My tail light mystery has finally been solved.

Turns out when I took the tail light fixture off and was unhooking the wires I noticed the red wire from the light was not making a good connection to the red wire (hot) coming from inside the R-pod. Stripped the wire a bit, reconnected, and magic, it works.

This is after checking to make sure 12volts were getting to the tail light from inside the storage compartment and after driving an hour one way to get a replacement tail light. Which by the way was $38.00. Talked to the RV place and they are going to give me a refund.

Lesson learned. I'm back to being a happy camper...and legal since it hasn't worked since I purchased my used pod back in October.

Heh, before I read this I was going to post that having 12v at the light isn't always definitive. Sometimes you can have the voltage but because of bad connections or frayed wire you can't pull any amps. Though with the LEDs drawing so little, I wouldn't have expected this one.
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My tail light mystery has finally been solved.

Turns out when I took the tail light fixture off and was unhooking the wires I noticed the red wire from the light was not making a good connection to the red wire (hot) coming from inside the R-pod. Stripped the wire a bit, reconnected, and magic, it works.

This is after checking to make sure 12volts were getting to the tail light from inside the storage compartment and after driving an hour one way to get a replacement tail light. Which by the way was $38.00. Talked to the RV place and they are going to give me a refund.

Lesson learned. I'm back to being a happy camper...and legal since it hasn't worked since I purchased my used pod back in October.
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Here is the information about the light that came on my 177
Surface mount stop-tail-turn light includes class A reflex for visibility. Does not require cutting large hole for mounting. 100,000 hour rated life. Sealed for long life. Seven inch straight wire leads – no pigtail required.

http://www.commandelectronics.com/shop/surface-mount-20-led-stop-tail-turn-light-round

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I'm a corporate jet mechanic and even the ones for aircraft fail more often then they should.  You mentioned that you have 12 volts of power, have you checked to make sure that the light is grounded properly?  Along with power it has to have a good path to ground.  Here in New England trailer grounds tend to corrode where they are screwed to the frame.
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LEDs are generally manufactured in China, and their quality is often suspect. Not really the fault of FR, that is where the LEDs come from and a lot of Chinese factories only care about throughput metrics. Things like household LED bulbs are very reliable now, but the low cost ones used in exposed weather situations like tail lights can still have much higher failure rate.
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Tail light issue update...

I had my local mechanic take a look and he checked to make sure there was a full 12 volts making it to the my left turn signal. All checked out ok so his diagnoses is the LED tail light needs to be replaced, which I have not done yet. I guess LED lights are rare to have issues especially since my R-Pod is only a 2014 but it happens.

Electrical wire is not my strong suit so to you guys that are more knowledgeable does this sound correct?

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