Check your fusible links on the starter relay. One of them will be blown. You have to take power for those high powered lights directly from the battery or alternator and run a circuit breaker and relay.

 

okay will run power wire for lights tomorrow, as far as the fusible link if it were bad would the jeep start and run and charge just fine if it was bad?

 

Yes, there is more than one. Two 30 amp and a 20 I think, depending on the year. Mine has three 30 amp

 

One of my best upgrades was an alternate fuse block. You can get one at Advance auto parts for like 9$. Its a 6 fuse block, I ran a #6 power wire from the battery and got a peice of trailer wire with 7 wires i ran thru the firewall to all my toggles. I put most of my accessories on it. I overloaded my fuse panel under the dash and blew the 40A fuse under the Hood so fise block was the best solution. I have 6 100W spots, 4 55w backup and undercarriage lights and my CB running on it. It works great! & It looks a lot cleaner too.

 

That is a good upgrade. An even better upgrade is to replace the fusible links with 30A circuit breakers. When those trip they will reset and not leave you stranded.

 

Nice! Where would you get those & are they an inline type or something you run wire to? I'm an electrician and I didn't know they offered that in 12v application

 

Any decent auto parts stores should have them. They are remote. You run wire to them. They have mounting tabs on the short side and long side and come in different amperages.

 

Preciate it man. I'm one of those do everything myself kinda Jeep guys that actually uses it for what it's made for. Break it, fix it, break it, upgrade it! Always something bigger and better to do. I got my Jeep looking good and functional. Any DIY upgrades are appreciated.