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Thursday, July 03, 2008

Easily check the road lights on your 5er with this new product

Checking the lights on your 5th wheel is a hassle and takes two people to do the job. Now you can check your lights easily by plugging in “Lightcheck” by Coil n’ Wrap. It uses the standard 7 pin trailer plug. This tool is about the size of a tennis ball can and is packed with trouble shooting information should you have a short or some of your lights are burned out. Besides checking the lights you can also use this as an emergency beacon should you need to leave your RV on the side of the road. It continuously flashes your tail lights and the Lightcheck has a flashing amber light so traffic can see your rig from both lanes. It will last as long as your house battery has power. Coil n’ Wrap has a good selection of innovative RV products like these and you can visit their website by clicking here: Coil n’ Wrap. Every 5th wheel owner should have a Lightcheck. Be safe and have fun out there - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing

posted by Jim Twamley at 5:38 PM

4 Comments:

  • Hello. I couldn't find a link to give you a customer review about this product. I hope you'll post this for me.

    The Lightcheck & Safety Plug was given to us by a friend who knew we loved camping. It's concept seemed good, being able to check the trailer lights without hooking up seemed good. On our first trip out this year, we were returning from our weekend away. We had been having troubles with our gas
    gauge, and ran out of gas 15 miles from home! We called our local auto rescue company to have gas delivered and put on our emergency lights. It occurred to us that we could run down our battery that way and then my husband remembered our gift. We unhooked the power from the truck and plugged in our Lightcheck & Safety Plug.

    It did exactly what it claimed to
    do, including running 4-way emergency flashers. We waited an hour for our gas to come, and
    didn't run our truck battery down. The trailer battery then just recharged as we drove to the nearest gas station.

    This is a great device that I think no RV camper should be without.

    Thanks,

    Doris Quinn
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    By Blogger Jim Twamley, at 5:23 PM  

  • This product only checks the truck to trailer power cord. It does not tell you if you have a blown tail light bulb or a related problem on the rear of the trailer.
    Jerry

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:07 PM  

  • It will check for burned-out bulbs. It sends a signal from the unit, back to the trailer. If a bulb is burned out, it won't come on. You still have to walk around the back of the trailer to look. What it DOESN'T check for is if the truck is sending out good signals to the truck side of the connector, or if the wiring and signal system in the truck is OK.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:03 PM  

  • If all of the trailer lights work when using this product, but do not work when the trailer is plugged in to the truck's outlet, you can be fairly sure that there is a problem with the truck's wiring or fuses. Confirm that by plugging this product back in to the trailer's connector. If the "offending" lights now work, then you have confirmed that there is a problem with the wiring or fuses on the truck. Proceed from there.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:40 AM  

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