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When you need reliable license plate visibility after dark, this Peterson trailer light gets the job done. It uses two incandescent bulbs behind a clear lens to shine bright and evenly across your plate. The premium bulb design lasts up to 15,000 hours, so you won’t be changing bulbs often. It’s a simple, dependable setup that keeps your trailer compliant and easy to spot at night.
If your trailer ever gets dunked at the ramp or caught in a downpour, this light is built to handle it. The 3-13/16" x 1-3/16" rectangle housing is completely sealed and waterproof, keeping water out of the circuit and lens. That submersible construction protects the inner components from corrosion or shorts, keeping the light shining bright even after repeated exposure to water.
Setting this light up is easy. It mounts right to the surface of your trailer using an optional bracket (154-09K, sold separately) and connects with an industry-standard 2-prong plug (153-49, sold separately). At just 7/8" deep, it sits low and neat against the surface without getting in the way. No special wiring or tools needed—just a clean install that works.
Road debris, vibration, or weather won’t bother this one much. The clear lens and housing are made from tough polycarbonate material that resists cracking and fading over time. That means your light keeps looking good and working right through miles of use. It’s dependable gear you can count on trip after trip.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we're going to take a look at the Peterson submersible trailer license plate light. Now, this is a nice compact, incandescent light that illuminates your trailer's license plate. It is a sealed unit, so it is submersible. It uses a durable polycarbonate lens and housing. It has a nice, clear, painted lens over an incandescent bulb.It is designed to mount onto the surface of the trailer with the mounting bracket. Now, the mounting brackets we do sell separately on our website.
One of them, there's two different brackets that this can use, part number B154-11 or the 154-09K, and again, both of those we sell separately and they're listed on this product page as a related product. It also uses an industry standard two prong plug for the power connection and again, that's listed as a related product and it's sold separately. It's part number 153-49.A few specs on this and then we're going to plug it in to show you how bright it is. Overall length of this is going to be right at 3 3/4" long. Overall height of it is right at 1 1/4" tall, and the total depth on it is right at 7/8".It is for a quantity of one and there's your two connectors right there, so what we're going to do is go ahead and attach our power and then we'll go ahead and turn on our power, 12 volt power, and you can see it lights it up.
We'll go ahead and turn off the overhead light so you can see the bright light it'll give you, and then we'll go ahead and turn back on our overhead lights, turn off our power.But that should do it for the review on the Peterson submersible trailer license plate light.
Ratings & Reviews
This company is on of the best places to order your parts from. This is the second time I was able to place my order and get what I wanted without all the fuss of waiting. I was looking for a waterproof light for the boat trailer, checked other sites, the internet, boat places, etc. couldn’t find what I liked. Then I remember etrailer I order new hubs from. They had what I was looking for. Should have called them first. Make sure and talk to Pat.
HAVE A NEW TRAILER AND WAS NOT LOOKING TO START ALTERING WIRING. TRIED SEVERAL OF THE LOCAL PARTS HOUSES , BUT COULD NOT FIND MATCH. GOGGLED PART NUMBER AND FOUND EXACT PART, WHICH ARRIVED WITHIN WEEK. NO DRILLING OR SPLICING!
HAPPY THAT ORDER QUANTITY HAD NO MINIMUM, DID NOT NEED A BOX OF FIFTY LIGHTS LAYING AROUND GARAGE, BUT WANTED AT LEAST ONE EXTRA PRICE WAS GOOD THANKS
Good quality product. Exactly as described. The only complaint that I have is that there are zero instructions. What instructions would one need for a light? Which wire is used for ground, black or white? This may not be important for an incandescent bulb but reverse voltage will typically blow an LED. If you do house wiring, you expect the white wire to be ground. If your background, like mine, is radio and DC circuits then the DC ground wire is typically black or green. On these lights, the ground is white.
This product is rather simple, but it is exactly what I needed. The factory light that was on my trailer was small, and burnt out. I simply drilled out the old light mounting, removed it, and drilled one new mounting hole for the new light(using one of the old holes). Light works great and the license plate if very visible at night. Quick delivery from eTrailer was very appreciate!
First time working with etrailer.com and must say that web site made my purchase an easy one. Would not hesitate with future purchases.
The license plate light was for an enclosed snowmobile trailer and I was in need of a replacement that was a simple R&R. The unit was a perfect match along with the hole pattern for mounting. I also had some self taping stainless steel screws that I used to mount the unit due to chemicals used on the road (during winter months) cause corrosion in the NE and wrecks havoc where there is an exposure.
The license plate light arrived in great condition, packing was very secure. It was just as advertised. It was exactly like my old light which was original equipment on my motor home. Fit was perfect. Thanks !
Nice product. Excellent service
Was very flimsy but it worked. Would buy something different next time.
The exact same replacement
My plug fit, but needed some convincing...just widened the receptor and bingo, it plugged in. My trailer is a 2004, Featherlite.
Happy with product, ordering was easy, fast delivery, good price.
Nice replacement light fixture. Thought I had a bad ground and it turned out bulb was bad. Looked good but should of replaced it before I spent hours looking for bad ground.
The product was ok, typical modern cheap made, it just what our standards are i suppose. The customer service was great, helpful, easy to order. The only real complaint i have is they use USPS, i dont remember if it gave the option to use another shipping company or not, but here lately USPS is terrible, takes a lot longer to receive through USPS. To the point that if there is not an option to choose another shipper, id likely buy someplace else. It blows my mind when they tell me that it can take up to 14 days, 14 DAYS, REALLY? I have placed orders on items in the UK in less tine than that.
Perfect fit
Perfect fit! Easy, snap-in installation
You had the right part, I couldn’t find anywhere else!
I wasn't sure if I was going to like this light, but I decided to give it a try and am pleased with it. I'm using these as interior lights in a cargo van where I wanted some light that wasn't going to be blindingly bright and the silver coating on the sides of the lens allowed me to position the light so that it would shine where I wanted it to. I would gladly use these again.
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