Raptor Style LED Grill Lights Blowing Fuse
#11
I'm at a loss, about to just uninstall the raptor grill lights... I tried grounding to a body bolt and grounding directly to the negative terminal on the battery and still no luck. It blew the fuse again immediately both times as soon as I flipped the switch. I changed out my turn bulb that the positive is spliced to as well, no luck.
#13
Well I disconnected the wires for the raptor lights and just returned the wiring for the turn signal/parking light to stock and they work just fine again. It looks like a need to rethink how to connect the wiring for the raptor lights, maybe to a switch. I feel like the wires to the raptor lights themselves should be good, because not only was it a pre-wired harness, but they actually worked fine and came on for a few minutes when I first hooked everything up. I guess we'll see what the company says if/when they respond to my questions. For now I just need a beer and a break from the aggravation!
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Is it possible that they're wired in reverse? I got some penny lights that had black and white wires and the black was the positive wire (black is usually negative), and it kept blowing a fuse because of that. LEDs draw so little it can't be an issue of overloading the circuit unless there's a ground issue. That has to be it.
#16
Is it possible that they're wired in reverse? I got some penny lights that had black and white wires and the black was the positive wire (black is usually negative), and it kept blowing a fuse because of that. LEDs draw so little it can't be an issue of overloading the circuit unless there's a ground issue. That has to be it.
#17
Pre-wired from the manufacturer, 3 leds going to a plug.
The plug only connects one way. The bottom half of the harness just had the black ground and red power. They worked when I first installed them.
The end just coiled up and disconnect right now. Two wire taps.
#20
Just one red positive and one black negative... I hooked them up directory to a power source both ways and they would come on. Finally got a hold of the manufacturer and he was stumped as well, said it must be something in the harness or plug. He's sending me out a whole new unit and providing a return label and money for me to send back the defective one. Hopefully the second time is a charm!