Optronics LED Clearance and Side Marker Trailer Light - Submersible - 7 Diodes - Round - Amber Lens

Video Transcript for Optronics Round LED Side Marker Light Installation

Today on our equipment trailer, we're going to be installing the Optronics Sealed 2-1/2" Round LED Trailer Clearance and Side Marker Light in the amber color, part number MCL58AB. Now today we're going to be replacing the incandescent lights with these new LED lights from Optronics. Now, we'll be reusing this rubber grommet as well as the wiring harness that's connected to the back of this tail light. If your trailer does not have existing lights there, there are a couple other items that you will need in order to install this new Optronics light. You'll need a 2-1/2" round grommet, in a flush mount design with an open back. That's part number A55GB.

You'll also need a plug that goes into the back side of the light. This is a two wire pigtail for sealed trailer clearance or side marker lights. That's part number A46PB. Just for comparison, we're going to go ahead and turn on this incandescent light so you can see what it looks like. Once we install our new Optronics light, we'll turn it on again so you can have a comparison. Now we'll go ahead and turn on our running lights.

You can see here how the light is functioning, but yet it's not quite as bright as the new LED lights will be. Now let's go ahead and show you how to change out the lights. Now to begin with we're going to need to disconnect the electrical connector here on the back side. Go ahead and grab it and work it loose. It looks something like that.

Next we'll go ahead and reach behind the light here. Gently push it out of the rubber grommet. As you can see here, this one's pretty full of dirt and debris. So now's a good time to go ahead and pull the rubber grommet out and clean it out before we install the new running light. Go ahead and reinstall our grommet. Just simply work it into the body of the trailer like that.

It will have a little bit of movement and that is okay. We'll then take our new Optronics light. We need to peel the cover off of the prongs. You will notice that there's a little bit of dielectric grease already installed in the fittings. This will help protect the connection points and keep them from corroding over time. Go ahead and take the light, and work it into the rubber grommet like that. We can then go ahead and take our plug, lining up the two tabs with the two locations on the back side of the light. Go ahead and press in firmly. You may want to hold the front side of the light to keep from pushing it back through or out of the grommet. Also, when pushing on the wiring harness you may need to slight rock it back and forth a little to get it to fully seat into the light. Now that we've got our connection point made, we'll go ahead and turn the running lights on again for us so you can see the difference with the new LED light installed. You'll notice how much brighter the LED light is over the incandescent bulb. With that, that will conclude our installation of the Optronics Sealed 2-1/2" Round LED Trailer Clearance and Side Marker Light with 7 Diodes, and in the amber color, part number MCL58AB, as installed on our equipment trailer. .