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  1. big block 88

    24 Volt light wireing brain fart

    Sorry I meant volt meter I was using an ohmeter earlier and i typed it I guess. Anyway I think I will be grounding to the chassis as I have found an excellent ground location. I'm not against relay's in any way just never really thought about them. I am running a pretty healthy wire not sure...
  2. big block 88

    24 Volt light wireing brain fart

    No sir the drawing is excactly how it is hooked up. The batteries do have there crossover wires to complete 24 volts to the trucks electronics I just ran 2 wires from my light that are in a series, one is positive wire the other is a negative and wire. All I did was run the positive wire to...
  3. big block 88

    24 Volt light wireing brain fart

    I will check the switch but even when I eleminated the switch the lights still didn't come on in 24 volt, I must have the connections wrong at the batteries. My sketch at the top is pretty crappy but it shows how I hooked up my wires. I am pretty sure it is wrong all I did was hook my hot...
  4. big block 88

    24 Volt light wireing brain fart

    I hooked the lights up as 12 volt and they work but they are very dim, they do NOT respond to the 24 volt hook up I have to be doing something wrong. The lights are 24 volt I'm pretty sure atleast they are lights that magnet mounted for use on 50 cal's for spot lights. I removed the magnets...
  5. big block 88

    24 Volt light wireing brain fart

    Okay we have been mounting some additional lighting on the trucks front bumper and next ontop of the cab, but I ran into a brain fart it seems. Attached is an image of how I hooked up the light they are mounted on a switch in the dash but I get NO current to the lights, I know I am doing...
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