Light under steps

WrenZ71 · 05-31-2015, 10:18 PM

I noticed there is a light mounted on the frame of my trailer by the steps.It looks like one of the clearance lights with a orange lens.How do I turn this thing on?Dosnt work with the clearance lights when hooked to the TV.Also didn't work with outside awning light switch. How do I turn this on?Im guessing it's to light up the steps at night.

Jagiven · 05-31-2015, 10:30 PM

My tt is a bit older, but ours turns on with the outside awning light. Light bulb might be dead. Or you might have another switch.

Skaling · 05-31-2015, 11:10 PM

It turns on with the awning light.

Jack in Alaska · 05-31-2015, 11:39 PM

Mine turns on with the awning light switch. I wished it had a white lense.

WrenZ71 · 06-01-2015, 01:29 AM

Thanks guys I figured it was turned on with the awning light.Ill make the dealer check it when it goes in at the end of the week.

spoon059 · 06-01-2015, 03:53 AM

If you have a 2015 with the LED awning light, that little orange light is worthless. The awning light puts out a ton of light and you wouldn't even know that orange light is on unless you are staring directly at it.

Jmooney · 06-01-2015, 06:40 AM

Wish they had put that on a separate switch , or with the scare light

Camper_bob · 06-01-2015, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by spoon059

If you have a 2015 with the LED awning light, that little orange light is worthless. The awning light puts out a ton of light and you wouldn't even know that orange light is on unless you are staring directly at it.

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Originally Posted by Jmooney

Wish they had put that on a separate switch , or with the scare light

+1!! That thing is USELESS with the factory awning light. Would be MUCH nicer if it worked on its own since I don't need to signal the Space Station when I just want to see the steps!

mike837go · 06-01-2015, 10:50 AM

IDK, the little running light on my 19RD shows where the steps are very nicely.

But, where we boondock, the nearest significant source of overnight illumination is 265,000 miles away.

3'senough · 06-01-2015, 11:04 AM

I was sucessful in seperating mine. I just leave the amber step lights on at night and enjoy the fire. It takes some hunting but can be done. They tie in somewhere closer to the frame possibly in a storage space or behind the converter. Mine was accessible and required my running of a seperate power line from my new control panel switch to the wire. In the 5'er's this is usually in the basement access panels where a lot of the wiring is.
My lead was Orange to the step lights.

Camper_bob · 06-01-2015, 12:52 PM

My current plan is to switch the LED awning light separately. So far it looks like the wires will be easy to access, but I just need a little more detail about the switch I'm planning to use. We'll see how it goes...

I thought about trying to trace the circuit and separate it for all of about 5 minutes before I went looking for a different solution...

Scoutr2 · 06-01-2015, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by spoon059

If you have a 2015 with the LED awning light, that little orange light is worthless. The awning light puts out a ton of light and you wouldn't even know that orange light is on unless you are staring directly at it.

X2. I'm trying to decide whether to put a dimmer on the LED light strip. It is TOO much light. But the dimmer almost has to be wired in on the outside of my trailer. Another thread regarding the LED awning strip talked about the fact the dimmer has to be connected directly to the ground wire from the strip - the ground wire at the switch is common to other devices. (LED lights must use a PWM dimmer switch, not a resistive-type dimmer switch like those used for incadescent bulbs.) And since that step light is in the same circuit, the dimmer would have to be wired at the LED strip.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but if you fix the amber step light, I don't think you'll notice much difference. The awning light definitely overpowers the dim amber light.