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Old 02-02-2013, 10:09 AM
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Alright. So Awhile back Before winter. I got Some safari lights from walmart. They're just your standard light. One red Power wire and One Black ground. I have four of these Sitting up ontop of my jeep. And then in have another two In back For reverse lights. To do all this wiring i used 14 gauge. But i've run into problems. My grounds Got all jacked up. And it was draining my battery. So when we took it to get diagnosed it was the lights. And i had Wires Burned I give Up. My Wiring job Was Absolutly ****. All i had was 2 Power wires running though a inline fuse. Which I don't know its rating. Going to the Power flip swtiches which were grounded to the Little metal part underneath the panel under the steering wheel. The going straight up to the lights on the OEM Rack crossmember. Which those has two 14 gauge wires going down the under neath the roof rack mounting brackets.

So I want to know If Anybody can help Me out. On how to Wire this correctly. I Want to also do a write up about it when it's done correctly so This doesn't get asked again :P
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There's already tons of threads on this... They need to be wired with relays so you don't burn your Jeep to the ground.
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Look up relays for sure. You can salvage your wiring that way. Though its arguably a waste of money I buy a wiring kit for every set of lights I buy.
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