Trailer Light Wiring Repair

 23 Dec 25:

Walking past HUEY II, our utility trailer, I noticed the trailer light wiring hanging down on the left side, the yellow/brown pair of wires. At first I thought the squirrels had chewed on it but upon further inspection I found the edge of a wiring guide tube had chafed and rubbed the wires, to the point where the wires broke. Ironic that the tube is there to protect the wires...

There was not enough wire to splice, no slack, so I bought another trailer LED light kit and scavenged some yellow/brown wire wire from the car plug side of the bundle and added in a section. The next step was to split the two wires in prep for a splice. A little snip gets this going and then the two wires can be gently pulled apart without affecting the insulation.

Next we used our wire stripper to trim off a little bit of insulation.

And then crimped the splices.

We used silicone self fusing tape to protect the splices from moisture, corrosion and the road grit that lives under the trailer deck.

A few zip ties help hold the spliced area securely.

Here's a tip I saw a while back for zip tie bags, make a small verical cut on the front of the bag, just a little shorter than the zip tie...

...then it is easy to reach in and pull out the zip tie.

Here's our little Gardner Bender wire repair kit.

HUEY II is road ready again!