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Faulty Ground in a Late Model Lazy Daze
Yahoo Message Number: 103725
From "Techsnoz" Message #995
 At the June Caravan, I checked the tail lights on a month old 27 Rear Bath before I started the LED "enlightenment" process.  With the running lights on AND the 4-Way flashers on, I noticed the intenity of the rear clearance and marker lights would vary.  With the 4-way flashers off, the intensity was constant.  The front clearance lights were constant intenity when the 4-way flasher were either on or off.
 I would not install the LED tail lights until this problem was resolved at the factory.  The owner took it in and Vince worked on it for almost a full day.  It was a faulty ground and apparently they had to run a new ground wire from the front to the back to "fix" the problem.  The factory has fixed at least one other rig with this same problem.
 If you have a late model (or any vintage) Lazy Daze, it is an easy check to see if you have this wiring problem.  Just pull out the headlight switch to the 1st stop, and put either the 4-way flasher or the left or right turn signal on and then look at the rear side marker light by the rear bumper.  If the rear side marker light intensity varies, you have a faulty ground, and you should get it fixed under warantee by Lazy Daze.  If the rear side marker light is constant intensity, then you are ok.
 If you have this faulty ground condition, have the factory fix it before you do any modification to the lights, or they will likely say that your modification caused the condition.
 Faulty grounds are the cause of many mysterious lighting conditions.
I once followed an old "flat back" Lazy Daze and the back-up lights would faintly glow when the brake or turn signals were on.  The "flat backs" use the aluminum skin as the ground rather than a separate wire from the light to ground.  On one rig (maybe a 1997) that I "enlightened", the LEDs tail lights had a low intensity "glow" whenever the ignition switch was on.  This condition would not likely be noticed with incandescent bulbs.  A faulty ground sometimes defies a logical explanation of what is going on and can be difficult to correct.

Terry Tanner