24 ft goose neck rewire

[old-iron-habit]

I actually keep flux pens and cigar torches with some 60/40 rosin solder in my side drawer in the little service truck I drive used to keep an assortment of adhesive shrink in there too but other guys kept using it... they don't know how to use solder though
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I see you got the small real solder in your box. Its funny to watch someone try to solder wires with the heavy plumbers solder that is mostly tin.

 

[Ronsii]

Yeah... and acid flux

I keep about 25 different types and sizes solder in stock around here everything from .1mm 65% on up to 6mm 40% for electronic work.

 

[gwhammy]

Just wired a gooseneck, I got the molded plug with 10 foot of wire to a junction box. Ran individual wiring threw tubing and put another junction box on the back. Soldered everything including the terminal ends and shrink wrapped every joint. I hate trailer wiring, if it isn't done right it's nothing but grief. Ground wire run everywhere also and grounded to the frame in several places. I hope it holds up.

 

[old-iron-habit]

Just wired a gooseneck, I got the molded plug with 10 foot of wire to a junction box. Ran individual wiring threw tubing and put another junction box on the back. Soldered everything including the terminal ends and shrink wrapped every joint. I hate trailer wiring, if it isn't done right it's nothing but grief. Ground wire run everywhere also and grounded to the frame in several places. I hope it holds up.

You have a good chance of it holding up as long as it doesn't get torn off.

 

[gwhammy]

I also put a ready made plug in the bed of the truck and I'm the only driver. Hopefully no more cords drug for miles. I've really gotten sick of working on trailer wires and brakes over the years. Tried to do everything to the best I knew how this time. Almost wish it had hydraulic brakes but had a couple of those units go bad before.

 

[Fat Dan]

they are LEDs

One issue I have found with just LED as rear lighting in snowy areas is they don't put off enough heat to keep the lens cleared of the snow while driving. LED's draw a lot less power and put off adequate light but put off little heat were the incandescent light bulb uses heat to put off light; If they would make a cambo of the two that would be much safer on snowy roads.
Or do they make them already?

 

[Tags]

They make some LEDs that are heated.

 

[Ronsii]

Yeah, I remember a thread last winter... or the one before that... someone(maybe me) put up a link to the led snowplow sets with heated front screens on them and I think they make all sorts of them for other uses.

Here's some... https://www.buyersproducts.com/product/snowdogg-led-plow-lights-306016160800

Just did a quick search I found at least 6 other manufacturers making them also.