How to turn off LED strip light on front of Trailer

[Bodine011]

I just bought a 2025 Alpine Avalanche and I cannot find the switch to turn off the front LED strip. I turned off the interior switch and its still on when I am driving at night. I have looked where I have been told by the hydraulic pump and the battery box. Can anyone give me anymore ideas where to look?

 

[DutchmenSport]

I'm not familiar with your specific year and model, but on my Montana High Country (5er), the front lights are in the main box with the other switches, the slide switches, the awning switch, ceiling house lights, porch lights, and the strip lights on the front cap. Try flipping every switch in that compartment and see if one of them turns them off. It's no doubt not labeled, or labeled correctly.

Also on my Montana and on my former Keystone Outback Travel Trailer, there was a switch on the front of the camper, near the A-frame and the back wall under the King Pin where there was a light to shine in the bed of the truck. Is it possible there is a switch near that light, or maybe that light activates or deactivates all the front cap lights?

I'm just guessing. Good luck!

 

[Bodine011]

Thank you I'll look there again. I looked in all the spots I could think of and that was one of them.

 

[Cajun Couple]

My Cougar has a switch inside the front cargo compartment...just a guess!!

 

[workinonit]

Your switch should be in the battery compartment. Mine is there on the left wall. If not there somewhere in one of those front compartments,

 

[NH_Bulldog]

Just to be clear, we are talking about the LED accent light strip on the front cap correct?

I have found that dealers are pretty clueless on things, and the Alpine Avalanche series is pretty new so you might want simply call Keystone Customer Service and ask them to share where that secret switch is located. We have two waterproof switches on the front of ours under the overhang; one for the hitch docking light and the other for the 3 LED accent strips.

When we did the walkthrough on my Cougar, we had just the opposite issue; we had a switch that no one at the dealership could figure out what light it controlled (it turned out to be the frame mounted light above the sewer outlet connection under the RV).

There is also the possibility that the front accent light is tied into the inside switch panel and that it was mis-wired from the factory (I had an issue like that on my 2019 Passport). Anyway, I think calling Keystone will give you the most accurate answer.

 

[workinonit]

That's the one I assumed he was referring to.

 

[Viper02]

You will probably find out the front cap light is miswired... Look inside the Giggy Box at the various connections to the terminal posts... One of those wires runs to the LED Docking lights on the front of the cap.. With the Truck 7 way connection hooked up power is being sent to the front cap lights when it should not be...

 

[Viper02]

Images of Giggy Box and terminal connection you might want to check out... as indicated via Red Arrow

 

[NH_Bulldog]

Viper02, There is a very big difference between the travel trailer Giggy Box you posted pictures of and a 5th wheel Giggy Box (more accurately a Brock Box). Even then, the Brock/Giggy boxes are not one size fits all, but have MANY styles and configurations based on the exact floorplan it is installed in. Case in point; my Giggy/Brock Box has NO trailer lighting circuits wired to it or through it, nor have I seen any 5th wheel wired that way.

 

[workinonit]

That nose light strip on mine will light at any time not just when it is connected to the pickup. I think that switch is labeled Aux Lighting.

 

[JRTJH]

I wonder if Viper02 is talking about the ICC lights along the top of the front cap, the 6 along the lower part of the sides (4 yellow and 2 red) and the 5 red lights on the rear wall along the top ??? Those are/should be wired to the tail light power at the trailer umbilical and the arrow he shows in the Giggy Box ... Those are not the LED lights the OP is asking about. The lights the OP can't turn off are the "accent lights" or the "docking lights" closer to the pin box or the trailer A frame. Those "accent lights" are powered by the battery, not the umbilical, although there are two or three (depending on trailer model) DC circuit breakers along the lower part of the Giggy box. Those lights are powered through one of those DC breakers, but which one and whether there is another fuse further down the line depends more on how it was wired on the line, by which worker and whether he/she was closer to quitting time or not.... On all that I've seen, there is a switch "somewhere in the trailer" to operate those lights. At this point, it's more a matter of someone who has the same trailer floorplan in the same year that knows which switch controls those lights and where it's located....

As an example, on my 2014 Cougar XLite, the docking light switch is on the exterior of the lower front wall, behind the pin box. On the 2013 model of the same floorplan, the switch was inside the front compartment and on the 2015 model the switch was in the convenience center with the water connections and dump valves. So, it's probably more a "which year and who wired it on the line" type of "Easter egg hunt"....

 

[Viper02]

Since the 2025 Alpine Avalanche stopped using In Commamd ( I think ) amd went back to plain Jane switches if the OP has the switch OFF … and the docking LEd lights are lit up when the 7 way plug is connected to his truck …

Then there is a wiring issue.. I’ve seen another 2025 Alpine with the exact same issue …. No way to turn off the docking lights when truck 7 way plug is connected..


This tells me the docking lights are getting 12 VDC from the truck 7 way plug ( running light circuit ) most likely


I posted the Giggy box info Keystone uses referencing the Giggy box ….with wiring details as a possible aid.

Image is power distribution bix for 2025 Avalanche..

** I would suggest removing the inside switch for the docking LED lights and look at the two wires and get the color codes of those wires and then locate where they are spliced into the front cap docking lights,

The fact that the DOCKING CAP LED LIGHTS are lit up with truck 7 way plug connected to RV 7 way plug tellls me there is a wiring issue

Then again… I’m 71 and rapidly loosing interest

 

[donbob1000]

Mine is on the front wall of the cargo compartment.

 

[Viper02]

Any further updates to your issue?

 

[Rob.S]

Our 2023 Avalanche the switch is in the same front compartment as the hydraulics/giggy box. Is on the back wall of the compartment to the right (facing the rear of compartment) and behind the giggy box. Small black rocker switch with no label. Use a flashlight.

 

[CarsonRonin]

I just bought a 2025 Alpine Avalanche and I cannot find the switch to turn off the front LED strip. I turned off the interior switch and its still on when I am driving at night. I have looked where I have been told by the hydraulic pump and the battery box. Can anyone give me anymore ideas where to look?

My 2025 travel trailer has a little black switch inside the front cargo area on the left side upper left front wall.

 

[Mike302RS]

On my 302RS 2023 Avalanche the switch is in the front compartment where the hydraulics for the levelers and inverter are

 

[Kansas Gary]

I just bought a 2025 Alpine Avalanche and I cannot find the switch to turn off the front LED strip. I turned off the interior switch and its still on when I am driving at night. I have looked where I have been told by the hydraulic pump and the battery box. Can anyone give me anymore ideas where to look?

On my Alpine it is located inside the door where all the hydraulic for the jacks and slideouts are located.