four auxiliary work lights
01-06-2014, 09:10 AM
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Hey im not trying to sound like a dick but im not sure what your wanting. You already know what the prob is and its your wiring. You proved this then you hook your lights up to the battery and they work. If you dont have a multimeter or have no idea what voltage and amperage is you may want to do a little research on that topic first. Thats real basic stuff that you need to know before you can setup or troubleshoot an electric prob any where in life be a truck or home. Also you will frustrate any one that is trying to help you. They all follow rules that you need to know before you try to mess with them. 4 lights and one switch is level 3 in a 100 level scale with only connecting a light to a battery as level 1 ( which you can do ) and connecting a light to a battery with a switch to control it as level 2 ( not so sure ) . Anyways After all that all you got to do is run your back wire to ground at each light and run a wire from your switch of proper size ( which your not sure what size you have but is sounding like its too small ) to the other wire at your lights. Connect your switch to a power source with a fuse and bingo you got light.
you don't have to answer my question if you think its a waste of time bub.
and i wouldn't have put it up here if i though it was a stupid question.
01-06-2014, 09:12 AM
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i don't have a multimeter to check the voltage but i'm sure that's the problem. because i know with LEDs if something is wrong in the circuit they are either going to work or not, that's why i use LEDs because they are safer that halogens. and i have an inline fuse in it now which has worked for a long time.
01-06-2014, 09:24 AM
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Your wire should be fine cus your thats only about 7.5 amps. Where are you getting power for your switch from? Also when you say they are grounded to the frame is each light grounded by there self or do you have a ground wire running to each light and have a common ground. Most of the leds I ve seem run on 9 to 16 volts so even with a lot of drop you should be good.
If you can turn on the lights and test for voltage at each light on the hot to ground wire. I would say you got low voltage at the lights.
If you can turn on the lights and test for voltage at each light on the hot to ground wire. I would say you got low voltage at the lights.
and here are the pro rack lights
and here is the switch but mines not red and doesnt light up
Im sorry its hard for me to get pictures of my truck he have been having bad weather in the northeast and i cant move well in my garage at all i had to go to a friends garage to install these lights.
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01-06-2014, 08:06 PM
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I ve got the same lights on my truck that are on your back rack but I got the round ones. I like them they are bright for the money but will have to see how they last. Get some wire and run it from the + on the battery to your lights on the bumper and see if they work. If not use that wire and go from the - on the battery to the ground wire and see if they light. Then you will know if its power or ground thats giving you trouble.
01-17-2014, 09:39 AM
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01-19-2014, 09:27 AM
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well the first two bumper lights i was adding on it was the lights they didnt work properly so i returned them and got two new ones and wired them in and work like a champ i only had to fix an old ground because it had been worn down a bit.