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Old 03-22-2013, 05:41 PM
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So I wired up 4 HF 6" off road 55w lights to my roof. I wired the last one on the right to the middle right and the middle left to the far left so the wires went from 16g on the lights from the store to 14g as i connected them and then wired them all together using 12g wire that is connected using a twist connector and i ran it between the door and under the a-pillar panel down to the interior fuse box. I bought a 30a standard 5 prong with 87A relay and wired everything up right but for some reason even though I will have power coming from the power 12g wire I don't get anything coming from the lights. The grounds seem to be good on 3/4s of them but I am dumbfounded on what's going on. I've been going over this thing for the whole day and can't figure it out. The inline fuse isn't blown and it's getting power. I can even make a connection and get power to the lights but no power to them. Any thoughts besides grounds? The grounds seem to be solid on the lights as I wedged them between the spacer and the lockring on the underside of the rack but everything else seems to be wired right
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what brand rack ? If it is a Surco, they do not ground well
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It's a chevy minivan factory rack crossmember, it was a bolt on fit for my 88' but it's much beefier for the lights. And i have the same suspicion that i'm just going to redo the grounds
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