97fordguy

Hello guys I am new to the forums and I have a question about fog lights. I had found some fog lights but there is only one black wire coming from the lights. No there isn't a broken wire inside I can see where it comes out and it definitely only had one wire coming out. Does anyone know how you would wire these up?

jprevat

iTrader: (1)

What kind are they? Im guessing they grounded internally so hook up the hot wire and see what happens.

97fordguy

They are called Grote I think my dad got them for the tractor originally but I will try when I'm home thank you

MCpllabelle

The black wire is the 12V one that gets hooked up to your power source via a switched relay. The lamp casing gets grounded via the mount to the frame.

97fordguy

So should I just run a hot wire to the light to a battery to see if they work?

MCpllabelle

Yea...make sure to also touch the lamp casing to the negative post of the battery.

97fordguy

Alright so I put up battery by my truck hooked up one wire to negative and one to positive so how would I wire this than?

97fordguy

For example how would i wire these any help would be awesome

MCpllabelle

You have them in series there...not good.


You need to connect them in parallel.

The 2 black wires connect to the positive side of the battery and the negative to the fog lamp casing.

In your truck you just need a switched live cable to connect to both black wires. The lamps bolted to the bumper will provide the ground.

jprevat

iTrader: (1)

Exactly.