Crazy Electrical Problem
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Crazy Electrical Problem
I have a 2004 Damon Challenger Motorhome with a Ford 450 V10 chassis. When I turn on the lights, my back-up camera comes on, my tail lights and side reflectors are dim, my head lights seem to be fine. If I don't have my headlights on and I put on either signal light, my back-up camera comes on tail light flashes normally. When I apply the brakes, my back-up camera comes on and the brake lights function properly. When I apply the brakes when I have a signal light on all of the tail lights flash dimly. My hazzard lights don't work at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If you get frustrated trying to find the original grounds, just add some new ones. Make sure the frame is grounded to the battery negative up front somehow. I don't know how they did it on the newer vehicles like yours, but the older trucks had the insulation stripped in a spot on the large negative battery cable that hooks to the engine block, and they had a metal band clamped around this stripped spot and it was bolted to the frame.
If you cannot figure out how they grounded the frame up front, just hook a good sized wire(10 gauge would work) to the battery negative terminal bolt, run it down and bolt the other end to a clean place on the frame.
Then go to the rear of the vehicle and find out where the camera is grounded. You can also take one of the taillights apart, and see where it's ground goes. If you find out where the grounds are, you can tie into them and run a short piece of wire from there to a clean place on the frame in the rear.
If you cannot figure out how they grounded the frame up front, just hook a good sized wire(10 gauge would work) to the battery negative terminal bolt, run it down and bolt the other end to a clean place on the frame.
Then go to the rear of the vehicle and find out where the camera is grounded. You can also take one of the taillights apart, and see where it's ground goes. If you find out where the grounds are, you can tie into them and run a short piece of wire from there to a clean place on the frame in the rear.
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