I went to the LED lights. Bass Pro Shops $36 plus LED clearance lights. No
problems in a couple of years. The secret to the wiring is to use the heat
shrink marine connectors with sealant inside. I then coat the connection
with liquid tape. Keeps all the water out of the wires.
Bill

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If you have trailer lights mounted to a board that you fasten to your boat
while trailering, please tell me how you made it.
After six years of trailering, I'm finally tired of the constant wiring
maintenance requirements of trailer lights that get dunked in salt water
several times a week. It's not the light bulbs - they're the encapsulated
kind; so changing to LEDs wouldn't have any effect on the wiring
requirements.
I have a spare set of trailer lights but the mounting bolts are only an
inch
long. While I could counter bore a hole in the wood I mount them to, I
wonder if you mount them to metal which is then fastened to the wood.
I plan on wrapping the wood with carpet to avoid scraping the gunwales and
using bungees to hold it to the trailer.