Thread: Towing Electrics - Big Tick

Originally Posted by Graeme

The resistor must be in parallel with the lamp, not the power wire! Think of the resistor as another globe that needs both power and earth to operate.

Doh just re-read that. Graeme is right, if you have indeed placed the resistor in parallel with the +ve (or -ve) wire then that is the problem. It will do nothing. As said, make sure the resistor is placed acorss the +ve and Negative connections of the light.

PS I was reading as that was what you had done but done it further up the line away from the light.

Originally Posted by Graeme

The resistor must be in parallel with the lamp, not the power wire! Think of the resistor as another globe that needs both power and earth to operate.

YES !

This was my thinking, way back up there

I just didn't articulate it quite right, and was throwing series & parallel around just to mix it up a bit more...


Listen to Graeme. I will go and look into retirement homes

Thanks Basil135, Sean and Graham.....wished I said something online a lonnnng time back.

Will give it a try next weekend, and let you know it's all sorted.

Brett.....

Brett,

It's in your GOE booklet, along with values and wiring!

Whilst I had only a brief read of the Pulsebuster site, I still think it must not be doing its 2nd job of causing the instrument trailer indicator to operate. From what I understood it should not require external load resistors and therefore must either be faulty or incorrectly wired.

Originally Posted by Graeme

Whilst I had only a brief read of the Pulsebuster site, I still think it must not be doing its 2nd job of causing the instrument trailer indicator to operate. From what I understood it should not require external load resistors and therefore must either be faulty or incorrectly wired.

Yes the pulse buster should be solving your problems ... But then they seem to be somewhat vehicle specific (same as led modules ones)

Originally Posted by gghaggis

Brett, It's in your GOE booklet, along with values and wiring!

Found it!

Book is permanently on coffee table....often flick through it, but missed this part.

Brett...

My advice from Sniegy was that the MY14 Disco still needs an LED trailer module to work with LED trailer brakes. He fitted one to my new Disco with a nice little factory switch next to the 12v socket in the cargo area to switch it on and off depending on the trailer I'm towing (LED lights or not).

Yet to hook up the trailer to see how it all works.