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Carter and all,
Here are a couple of pictures of mine. I got a big round magnet at the local craft shop, got the actual light at the local Auto parts store, siliconed the light assembly to the magnet then routed a barrel connector to the positive side and a flat spade connector for the ground. Easily removable when not needed.
Gary

I used the same universal licence plate light that Gary used but mounted it on the license plate holder I made out of sheet metal and attached it under the drivers side tail light. By doing it this way all I had to run was a short jumper wire to one of the tail light connectors. (#21) The light is grounded through the mounting bolts on the tail light. I also had to replace the 12 volt bulb the fixture came with 24 volt one.


Sal

Gary; That is a great idea and I have several such magnets that will do the job for me. I used that same style light on my equipment trailer.
Now a question, what is the number of the wire you tapped for the electric power to the light?

Sal; My problem is that I have mounted the plate on the tailgate using existing holes so I need something that will accommodate that set-up. I will figure out something but no hurry since I do not drive at very much at night.

Remember Carter that I use a Painless Performance wiring harness on mine; however, to provide a target for you, I just ran a jumper wire from my taillight wire (grab your multimeter if you need to run down the wire on your harness). I fabbed up a ground wire and ran it from the light cover screw to the frame. DO NOT rely on the magnet/light housing to self=ground-I tried it and it didn't work very well. Using a barrel connector on the positive side ensures that you won't short it out when not using the light but have your running lights on for whatever reason-I tuck the wires behind my license plate. Using a spade terminal on the negative side ensures that you won't plug the wires in bass-ackward since you're using different connectors on each wire.

Sal has a nice set-up going too-well done Sir!

Glad I could help,
Gary

You both have done very inventive work and I will attempt to do a thorough workman like job as demonstrated by you both, thanks guys for such great ideas.

You could just plug into the trailer harness connector instead of splicing into your harness...

just me wrote:You could just plug into the trailer harness connector instead of splicing into your harness...

Great idea, never thought of that.