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NickM99
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Topic: lighting board Posted: 25 Oct 21 at 1:27pm |
The indicator confirmation works fine on my car (2019 Karoq) with LED trailer board lights and I haven't adjusted anything.
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 21 at 3:06pm |
I lent my box/windsurfing trailer to a mate and the LED lights simply would not work with his car, a 2010(ish) Skoda Octavia). Fortunately I had/have a spare lighting board with filament lights which worked fine. I have three LED light boards (Trailer, RIB and dinghies) and all work fine with both the 2011 BMW 520 and the 2009 VW T5, I fitted the tow bars and electrics to both myself.
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
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Paramedic
Really should get out more Joined: 27 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 929 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 25 Oct 21 at 6:05pm |
They have probably sorted this out in the last 3-5 years or so as the LED boards have become more mainstream.
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wolfram
Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 21 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 21 at 8:50am |
Glad they worked out well for you. I used them for the first time last week - worked a treat from the transmitter inside the boot. Actually operate inside the house when car parked on drive. They are designed for farm use - the trailers are large steel construction, so signal is probably set to 'kill'
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Wolfram
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Old bloke
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 21 at 9:50am |
After my first trip I have found that the lights slid down and fell off . Fortunately I had tied them on also in case this happened. I suspect a Combination of a lot of shaking and bouncing coupled with not a lot of steel.
I have now bolted them on also. The supplied wires are long enough to charge while attached to the board. |
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sawman
Far too distracted from work Joined: 04 May 11 Online Status: Offline Posts: 205 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 21 at 10:08pm |
I took a piece of 10mm marine ply (actually 2 bits of 5mm, glued together), about 10" wide and tall enough to fit the pintle / gudgeon and mast cut out, couple of coats of yacht varnish and then bolted a 4' 6" lightboard from screwfix to it - still going strong 5 years later
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The Q
Posting king Joined: 07 Feb 22 Location: Norfolk Broads Online Status: Offline Posts: 121 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 22 at 1:12pm |
Bit of an old one to revive , but I'm using a plastic decking plank (cut to size) for the new light board..
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Still sailing in circles
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SalsaPirates
Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 10 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 37 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 24 at 11:07am |
How do people trail to Europe. Eg. Do you hang the lighting board off the pintals or do you have to have the trailer arms? I am guessing the latter, even though transom hung is probably better.
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Gordon 1430
Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 Jun 17 Location: Lee on Solent Online Status: Offline Posts: 310 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 24 at 12:10pm |
I dont have the trailor arms on my road base. I think that was an EEC thing. never been stopped in the UK for it. Always worried me the metal bars would bounce and hit the hull so assume you have to strp them to the boat anyway.
My trailor board hangs off the pintels and I tye it to the transom bar. only isue i have had was the mast bouncing out of the cup on the top. Bungee tye down must have come of on the awful speed bumps at Draycot
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Sam.Spoons
Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3398 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 24 at 3:12pm |
If your trailer was built before the new regs were introduced you are fine to have a board attached to the boat but all new trailers built since have to have the lights and reg plate to be attached to the trailer not the load. I haven't heard of anybody being stopped and checked but the rule does apply in the UK post Brexit.
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