I got two lights mounted on the front of my jeep on the lower bumper. I have the two wires connected straight to my battery but i feel like they are draining it im not sure or maybe will drain it in the long run. Any ideas on where else i could connect it besides on the battery. I have them routed to a switch on my dash which has up off and down on of course but idk if this will drain my battery i have heard that you can connect it to the fuse box or something idk please help me out

 

I'm not sure that it will drain your battery, but i could be wrong. I would run it to the fuse box. Find a fuse that has power even when the key is turned off (if you want to be able to turn them on when your jeep is not running) or find one that is off when the key is off and tap your power from there. I've never done this with off road lights, so I don't know if they is enough power there.

 

alright thanks ill try that

 

As long as they aren't on they won't draw power. Are you sure they are directly to the battery? The power wire to your lights should come from your light switch.

 

I got both wires going directly to the battery but i think the fuse box would work but idk where to connect it

 

How is it connected to your switch?

 

Theres the problem. But even then, as long as they arent shining, they wont draw power.

 

My set-up: constant power to switch with in-line fuse, ground to switch, power to lights, lights grounded to frame.

 

yeah that might be how mine is its from lights to frame, then switch has + and - to battery and then middle is to lights so the switch has three parts to it

 

So it doesn't go directly to the battery?

 

Yes it gots like this

 

They're good. That's exactly how mine is set up.

 

this works for u?? i might be missing something, but unless the battery negative is on a ground point on the switch, that schematic shows a direct short circuit when u flip the switch....what ur going for in ur set up is opening/closing the electrical circuit thru the postive wire...including the neg in the switch would join the + & - together, frying the switch &/or fuse

this wont drain ur battery (unless u leave the switch on, leaving ur lights on)....i have the same set up....+ from battery to inline fuse to switch, other point on switch to lights, neg from lights to chassis metal

this set up would benefit from the addition of a relay...it'd allow for smaller gauged wire to be used between the lights & switch & would allow the lights to output more light

 

That's funny because I've had this for years with NO problems at all.

Actually, I have a fuse on both power wires.

 

i didnt say this set up wouldnt work, in fact, if u read my entire post, i said i have the SAME set up as well, minus the neg from the battery to switch....uve grounded the switch with the battery neg, thats correct (rather than run a wire from ur battery to the switch to ground it, u couldve just run a short length from the switch to the nearest bare metal) his diagram doesnt say that negative is on a ground point on the switch...just trying to clarify

& whats "funny", is that u have 2 fuses in ur circuit....unnecessary, 1 is all an electrical circuit needs

how did u come to the conclusion u needed 2 fuses?