LED turn light wiring

[gordonandpatti]

I have a Winnebago Voyage that came with the high-mounted LED turn lights. Like many others, they broke at the mounting screws. I replaced one with the same type and it soon broke. So I bought some beefier replacements.

The original lights are two-wire LEDs; the replacements I bought are three-wire LEDs and I cannot figure out how to wire them. I've connected all combinations and get nothing. There are three wires: white/red, brown, and green/yellow.

Can anyone help?


Thanks.

Gordon

[MICHIGAN CAMPER]

Gordon,
I'm guessing here as I cannot see the packaging...

I'm thinking that what you purchased was a combination Tail Light/ Brake Light unit.

Which still should work for your purpose. Are you using the lights for turn signals only?

The lights you have are probably a tail light (dim) and a brake light (bright) and a ground (or return) wire.

There should be a diagram on or in the light package showing you which color wire is used for the ground and which is for the tail and brake lights. If your using them for turn lights only, you'll just be connecting the ground wire and which ever one is used for the "bright" (brake) light. The other one you'd just tape off and the light would be "OFF" when you aren't using a turn signal.

Be careful on any 'experimentation' you might do as to reverse polarity on an LED can 'fry' them.
Larry K. (aka: michigancamper)

[wa8yxm]

Take the lamp to a 12v Battery.. My best guess, and I stress that this is a GUESS, the brown wire is ground (Negative) the other two are positive (HOT)

If you get the light to work there, Then back to the rear and hook it up as indicated.

NOTE: a common issue is bad ground connection at the rear, Make sure you have a good ground there or no combination will work.


Method two.. Start with all 3 wires hooked to positive, one at at a time move a wire to NEGATIVE, if no light, move back to POsitive and move the next wire

your new light is dual-intensity Low/Med/HI ((Tail or stop/turn or both)) more than likely.. Else it is a "Add-on" center stop which has two wires one to each side.

In either case you'd wire both "Hot" wires together.

[gordonandpatti]

Thanks for your help. I did finally figure out the wiring: green/yellow is brake/turn (bright), brown is tail (dim), and white/red is ground.
A couple of comments:
Lights came with no instructions or diagrams.
Several people commented about damage, but that did not happen. They are polarized: hook up right, get light; hook up wrong, get nothing, including no damage. That’s what I’d expect from a diode.
Thanks.
Gordon