Lumitronics License Plate Lamp Light with Bracket for Trailers, Boats, Cars, Trucks, RV, and Cars

My only complaint is it didn't have a separate ground wire for me to hook up and my car is all carbon fiber and plastic. So it kind of sucks to run a secondary ground wire and have to attach a self-tapping sheet metal screw to ground this housing other than that it was great.

Very easy to install, replacement was easy

Just installed on my trailer and brightness is great and install simple.

What’s there to review. It works, it is of decent quality, but the power wire was a little hard to finagle, because of how the metal frame doesn’t have a good place to route it unless it’s running straight out of the back of the light into the trailer framing. Other than that, good product.

Easy installation and looks great, bright and durable.

Good value for the price

This is a really nice license plate mount but, as it comes from the factory, there is a problem. There is no ground wire, and the rivets that hold the grounded reflector sheet metal inside the light housing to the black powder coated license plate bracket do not make electrical contact with the powder coated bracket. This being the case, without modification, there is no electrical ground connection after the assembly is bolted in place on the trailer and the light is nonfunctional. There are two ways that immediately come to mind on how to modify the assembly so an electrical ground is present. One way would be to drill out one of the rivets and replace it with a machine screw, nut, and a star washer on the outside that will bite through the powder coat to make an electrical connection. If this is done, then by using star washers on the screws that mount the assembly to the trailer too, an electrical ground connection will be established between the lamp and the trailer frame. Another way (what I opted to do) is to just drill an additional hole in the reflector and attach a ground wire using a screw, washer, nut, and a ring lug. The grommet in the rear of the housing already has a hole for this ground wire to pass through. Once this wire is in place, the ground wire can be attached to the frame in any convenient location.

I recently purchased this Lumitronics license plate light to replace the original on a Haulmark cargo trailer. I chose this light because it has one wire (positive supply) and the ground is achieved through the fasteners that hold it to the trailer. This is the way the original light was configured so it would be an easy install. Most of other similar lights I found used two wires (one for positive supply and one for ground).I did notice that the bulb looked slightly crooked in the photo of the light, but didn't really think much of it at first...When I got the light, I removed the screw that holds on the top of the bulb cover so that I could see what type of bulb it was and thus order a spare bulb to keep as a spare. That's when I discovered why the bulb looks crooked (it was also crooked on the one I received). The reason is that unless you cock the bulb off to one side (by slightly pulling it out of its socket) the screw that holds the cover on will pierce the bulb (or at least rub against it). Hmm... okay.Then I found that you can't actually remove the bulb (!) because it hits the metal case (the fixture advertises that it has a replaceable bulb). In order to remove the bulb on the one I received, you would have to drill out the rivet on the bulb holder, remove the bulb, replace the bulb, then re-rivet the bulb holder. I carry spare bulbs, but not spare rivets, drills, and a rivet gun (at least not just to change a light bulb). For that reason, I sent it back.Instead, I'll be buying one of the LED versions that have two wires. If I'm going to have to break out the tools anyway, I might as well put the effort into improving the trailer. I'll make an access point to the backside so I can utilize the separate ground wire on one of the two-wire lights (ring terminal on the frame).For that reason I gave the light two stars. (I sent it back without installing it on the trailer so this is more about the design than whether it works or not.) Don't know if it was just mine or if they are all like that (although I do note the bulb looks a bit cocked over in the photograph as well).