After getting off the river last week I noticed that the trailer lights were out on the Shorelander trailer. Every year, like everyone else without sealed lamps (the kind used on our Clack, for example), my trailer reminds me not to submerge the electrical in the river, or the lights short and the filaments pop. I never think I'm that far in of course, but they let me know anyway. So, the trailer lights were out. When I had Wade at the Hitch Warehouse put the trailer hitch and light connection on the van 7 or 8 years ago (hard to believe it's been that long), he told me he ran it through the right tail light, and if the tail light doesn't work, the trailer light won't also. There's a connection there, Davey. But I didn't remember that at the time.
So, noting the trailer lights didn't work and that the burnt bulb indicator lamp was lit on the dashboard, things should have been easy. Instead, I pulled the fuse box covers off, looked through both fuse boxes in search of the faulty fuse. None were. I drove that day and suddenly had no radio or remote entry. I drove a day of guiding without. Yesterday was a rain day so no need to work outside. I got an email from my wife reminding me to take the van in to get the lights, stereo, and entry fixed. Her "office" is 4 feet from mine.
So, I took the liberty of opening the manual to the van. Under fuses it tells me that if you pull on fuse 6 temporary kill switch out, it will allow longer battery life by killing the stereo and remote entry. I pushed it back in an fired up the van. I had a radio and remote entry again.
I then had AJ come out and we did the bulb check. I was short a brake light on the right tail light. Hey, maybe Wade was right. Maybe a guy should change that.
I have trailer lights again.
Everything else works too.
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