And in the end, this happened
Thank you Barnbnb, for your long and detailed post. I do have an update.
You are correct, after wriggling around under the back of the MH, I figured that there was no Curt controller. This is our first MH, so I am struggling in the dark to wrap my head around, well, everything, but eventually realised that Curt was not the problem. I did indeed find the FR controller in the water pump compartment, along with a frozen and shattered pump filter container- which contained ice. The latter was caused by a prolonged cold spell in Seattle (of all places), which did bad things, and I was unaware of such trifles. I did find the fuse feeding the left rear light in this compartment, and disconnected it shutting the light off, while I licked my various wounds. I wondered if the destruction of the pump water housing had damaged the FR circuit board-which is right next to it, and yet again, pondered the situation, and wondered how to cope with the unkind fates.
Waiting for the new pump housing to arrive was a period of forced procrastination. Long story short- replacing the water housing and finding a burnt-out 10A fuse right next to the front of the pump, fixed the pump problem (my vision of burst pipes everywhere and big bills not realised). As the cold subsided, it did result in a lot of ice water draining down the pipe to the water filter housing, so the possibility of water contamination of the controller loomed large.
What finally happened, was, that as the weather warmed up, and with the passage of time, the rear light eventually “fixed itself”. Or the divine hand of God. Over a couple of weeks, the very bright light (combining brake and regular light with the ignition on), went to a smaller light in the centre, and, being flummoxed by the two simultaneous problems, I let benign neglect take its toll.
Voila! The rear light is now working fine, as are all the rear lights. How did this happen? I really don’t know, except that the weather finally warmed up above freezing. Since the rear light came on one day, in the middle of a freezing period, water itself is unlikely to be the cause.
Anyway, thanks for your detailed post, and I will be spraying cleaner as you suggest if it reappears. However, properly winterising the rig next winter will be top of my list.
Steve
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Forest River 24 R, 2013.
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