issue installing backup camera on 2002 coachmen mirada 330ds - one wire reverse light

[mikec1981]

hello!

i know coachmen is a part of forest river so i am seeing if someone can help me out here.

i have a 2002 coachmen mirada im trying to install a rear view camera on, however when i pull out the reverse light socket, i see it only has one wire (Greenish yellow) instead of a positive and negative.

any idea where i can get a proper ground wire and positive wire to properly connect my backup camera to? I don't mind if it runs while the marker and tail lights are on if thats the only option. im just looking for options at this point period!

[Stormrider151]

That's hard to say without seeing the fixture. The backup bulb has to have a power lead and it has to have a ground somewhere. Just floating a guess here is that the fixture has a common ground built into the fixture. What I would do is probe that wire for power and if it has it tap that wire. Then I would create a separate ground for the camera on the frame or find another ground wire somewhere else and tap that.