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Old 07-14-2015, 10:48 AM
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Trying to Install Led light bar

Trying to install led light bar on my 2015 f150. It has max tow with factory 7 pin and BLIS system. Hard wire to the back of 7 pin connector. Problem when I do all functions of the light bar works but the dash register that a trailer is connected and it shuts off the BLIS system.
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Old 07-14-2015, 12:59 PM
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rewire it to your brake light wires.

Any time the truck sees power draw on the brake harness it will probably assume that a trailer is hooked up.

Unless someone else knows of another workaround????
 
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Old 07-14-2015, 08:21 PM
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Where will the lights be mounted? Kind of curious why they would be wired into the trailer wiring.
 
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Old 07-15-2015, 08:12 AM
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thanks for the reply mkosu04. Hoping for a ez fix. Will keep looking.
WoodsTruck, it is a Partsam Universal White Red Truck Turn Signal Tail Reverse Tailgate 60" LED Strip Bar.
 
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Can you wire it into the 4 pin connector instead? I don't imagine that system is hooked into the brake controller and therefore would trigger the dash to recognize a trailer is hooked up.
 
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Old 07-15-2015, 01:33 PM
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nice thought Woodstruck, but the 7 pin and 4 pin are all one unit.
 



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