Trailer lighting and the 'magic boxes'...

[dremu]

that combine separate brake and turn signals, like the new-fangled vehicles have, into the single brake/blinker on the trailers, like the old vehicles had.

Is it just me, or is the highly complicated electronic box they sell for $15-20 a couple of fricken diodes? Seems like a pair of 1N4005's or whatever would be a LOT cheaper.

-- A

 

[diesel4me]

hmmm...could be!..

I never diseccted one of those "magic boxes"..but it would not suprise me to find out there was only a few diodes inside one!...they charged my friend 70 bucks for one of those boxes recently,when he put a hitch on a Jeep Cherroke!!..I told him I hope they used vaseline!..and I had one sitting in my spare parts box too..I sure could have used that 70 bucks!.. ..I'd have sold it for 50 and been very happy--seeing I bought it for 20 about 10 years ago,and used it twice!....

 

[dremu]

I never diseccted one of those "magic boxes"..but it would not suprise me to find out there was only a few diodes inside one!...they charged my friend 70 bucks for one of those boxes recently,when he put a hitch on a Jeep Cherroke!!..I told him I hope they used vaseline!..and I had one sitting in my spare parts box too..I sure could have used that 70 bucks!.. ..I'd have sold it for 50 and been very happy--seeing I bought it for 20 about 10 years ago,and used it twice!....

Well, my $2 pack of four diodes from Radio Shack is now soldered up and waiting to be installed when this rain clears. Seventy bucks is hilarious!

-- A