QUICK!!! Need help!!!
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QUICK!!! Need help!!!
I have a 1995 F-150 and I went to install my new offroad lights but I need to know where to find the accessory fuse or port that I can use. Is it the one in the dash or the one under the hood? Also, the lights that I have have 2 wires coming out of them. What are they and does it matter if I use one or the other or both? Also any helpful tips would be great!
Thanks,
Blaze
Thanks,
Blaze
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one is for ground, if you want to wire them so when you turn your lights on for at night, run them to your fuse box, and put them into the fuse for "instrument illumination" which, when you turn on your lights, they will turn on. just a suggestion, its what i did with my white faced guages
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I don't know about the fuses but as far as the wires from the light, the ground wire you can just attach to any good ground, i drilled a small hole in the frame, put a self tapping screw in it and attached the wire there. I originally tried hooking it up to the bumper but found that the bumper was isolated by rubber bushings, so it wouldn't ground.
-Jon
-Jon
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Yes you can run the wires in a Y like you said.
Inski's right about using a relay, it's not completely neccesary but if you don't the lights won't be as bright. A relay is a little black box with a few different terminals coming out of it. It's basically a high current switch. When you flip the switch to turn the lights on it activates the relay, which switches on and sends power to the light. That way you don't have top run high current through your dash.
It may not be necessary for your kit though, just follow the directions that came with the lights.
-Jon
Inski's right about using a relay, it's not completely neccesary but if you don't the lights won't be as bright. A relay is a little black box with a few different terminals coming out of it. It's basically a high current switch. When you flip the switch to turn the lights on it activates the relay, which switches on and sends power to the light. That way you don't have top run high current through your dash.
It may not be necessary for your kit though, just follow the directions that came with the lights.
-Jon
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Originally posted by LLoverCrazyJay
...run them to your fuse box, and put them into the fuse for "instrument illumination" which, when you turn on your lights, they will turn on...
...run them to your fuse box, and put them into the fuse for "instrument illumination" which, when you turn on your lights, they will turn on...
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Originally posted by JW 4x4
If you're goin to do something, do it the right way.
If you're goin to do something, do it the right way.
Or Isecatcher, maybe you could draw your directions and we can decifer them.