Livin Lite- Wiring and Electrical Issues and Troubleshooting

[bryan.a.white]

Let me say first that I love my trailer. I bought it for the aluminum frame and other quality build components like most here. The stain that this manufacture has is electrical wiring and their sloppiness. I have posted on Livin' Lite message board (they are now deleted by the moderator I think) about the issues and I the feed back I got was that I should have had a better dealer inspection. This may be true, but it wouldn't have caught a number of issues I have found since purchasing the trailer.

I felt the need to start a thread of wiring and electrical workmanship issues that owners of these trailers have seen and how they diagnosed and fixed them or perhaps how a dealer fixed them. My issues so far. (More to come on my transfer switch)

Issue No. 1: Trailer Running Marker Lights (Roof)
The roof marker lights were not working when I received the trailer (3rd party cross country delivery). After I pulled apart the wiring tray above the toy hauler door, I found that the wires were ran but they were not connected. Just sitting there with an open end. Spliced them in and good to go. This took a while to locate where these wires were ran to without any wiring diagrams available.



Issue No. 2: Turn Signal Lights
When the left turn signal was activated, both the left and right lights flashed. The yellow wire (left signal) was wired to both tail lights. The green was not wired to anything. Just a wire running around the trailer with nothing hooked to it. Solved this after pulling all of the rear lights off the trailer. Both Issue 1 and 2 were occurring at the same time.

Issue No. 3: Range Hood Fan
The fan was not operating when I received delivery of the trailer. After pulling the whole range hood off and inspecting the wiring I found that the connections were made with a wire nut, and that wires had pulled out of it. Repaired with crimp connections.



Issue No.4: Water Pump Circuit Fuse Blowing While Driving (8 Months after purchase)
This issue is the most frustrating. Whenever I would hit camp my fuse would be blown on the water pump circuit. I always make sure the pump is off before I leave. It shouldn't blow the fuse regardless, I have left those pumps on for months pumping dry (don't judge) and it doesn't blow a fuse.

Because the switch was always off I figured I had a short between the fuse box and the water pump switch. Problem is, a lot of this wire is in the galley wall. I was able to just barely get enough of the wire up to the switch hole in the wall to see that I had a wire splice (no good reason for it). The wire splice was crimped with what looks like side cutters and was cut almost clear through the crimp connection creating a hinge that opened and closed the circuit with movement. My first problem with this is that the splice was not necessary unless they broke the wire or they were changing wire spools. Both would cause them to scrap maybe 10' of wire or use it for another circuit. Then crimping this connection like this behind a wall! Very frustrating.




I hope all of this is helpful to others having similar issues.

[pjcd]

Hows everything now? I have had my fair share of issues, but nothing electric. The aluminum construction is a game changer for me, I already have had a leak and am not worried about any unseen damage.

[bryan.a.white]

Hows everything now? I have had my fair share of issues, but nothing electric. The aluminum construction is a game changer for me, I already have had a leak and am not worried about any unseen damage.

So far everything is working well. I have upgraded to solar charging and a monitoring system for the charge/discharge (all done myself) so it has taken me through most of the wiring in the trailer at this point, aside from interior lighting and refrigerator.

I have had no other issues with the trailer except electrical. Everything else seems to be up to standard.

[Merlin]

I've had a bunch of electrical issues too. I'm about to tackle the clearance lights being out again. I don't look forward to it because it's a bunch of trial and error type testing.

[FastEddieB]

Don't get me started!