Originally Posted by
Joe4d
well you have a ground in your backup light circuit. Try it without the trailer hooked up. If everything is good, then u know its the trailer. Back up lights on trailer with water maybe ? Ground in it somewhere, corrosion in plug and connections , just gotta hunt it down. If you have an ohm meter, you can disconnect trailer hook one lead of meter to the backup wire, the other to the ground , and or the trailer frame itself... Check ur ohms,,, then start moving wires or connections till the ohms go away or increase. May help narrow down the problem