I get the desire for a work light, and the both fixed and plug-in plans make sense to me. They key in either case is using them properly.
As for switching... I think I'm able to hit three or four side-by-side switches in a fraction of a second, so I would certainly not wire them together and give up individual control. Of course the hand-held (and/or magnetic and/or clamp-on) work light addresses this by putting a single light just where you want it.
Why not just use a flashlight? I would normally just use a flashlight, but I understand the desire to have one lamp which always works, without keeping batteries maintained and charged.
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Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Ever see one of those Xmas tree semi-trucks going down the highway with 2-300 LED's all a glowing?
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Yes. They are extraordinarily annoying and make the roads less safe for everyone else by distracting drivers and making other vehicles less visible
... but still not as bad as the those who drive at night in clear weather with "fog" lights on, especially ones which spread so much light upward that they are not even effective in fog.
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Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
If I could I'd leave my exterior lights on while towing...
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As you know, white lights are not acceptable, and even an amber light would not be acceptable on the back of the trailer. If you want to be more visible, it would be reasonable to add amber marker lights at the midpoint along the length on each side, wired to the rest of the tail/clearance/marker lights; a suitable low position for the tandem-axle models would be between the wheel arches (perhaps at the same height as the stock lamps for aesthetics). In both the 19' and 21' these would be under the refrigerator and the in the kitchen cabinet, so both would be relatively easy to install. Since the stock side marker lights are only in the low position, it would also be reasonable and potentially useful to add them to the sides along the top of the vertical section of wall at the front (amber) and back (red) corners, and again at the midpoint (amber) if desired. That would still be only six proper lamps per side, not obnoxious.
Extra marker lights: another customization?