Hella Black Magic Problem
I've followed the wiring diagram and my lights aren't working. I have the Red (30) wire connected to the + terminal from the harness, the Black (87) wire connected to the lights from the harness, the Blue (85) grounded from the harness, and finally the Yellow (86) wire connected to the positive black wire running my fog lights. I'm assuming the issue is the Yellow wire but I don't understand why. My fog lights I installed using the factory fog light wiring so I never had an issue. What is wrong with my wiring and what do I need to fix it? I want my Black Magic lights to come on with my fog lights. Any advice?
What switch are you running? Did you check your grounds? Did you double check the order of the wires to the switch? Did you power the switch ( that was my mistake first time)
Last edited by Orangeav; Dec 29, 2010 at 05:58 PM.
I was attempting to run them off my factory fog light harness which already has some hella fog lights working. I checked all the connections and everything is good. Just no power, I'm going to test out some other wiring options today and see what works.
Originally Posted by Hkx3
40-50watts each is all the factory circuit will handle.
I also own the Hella Black Magic, and Im pretty sure they are 100w each.
Id say you tripped the breaker/fuse. Easy way to check the light is to use jumper cables direct to the battery...if it lights, you have a wiring problem
I also own the Hella Black Magic, and Im pretty sure they are 100w each.
Id say you tripped the breaker/fuse. Easy way to check the light is to use jumper cables direct to the battery...if it lights, you have a wiring problem
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I've followed the wiring diagram and my lights aren't working. I have the Red (30) wire connected to the + terminal from the harness, the Black (87) wire connected to the lights from the harness, the Blue (85) grounded from the harness, and finally the Yellow (86) wire connected to the positive black wire running my fog lights. I'm assuming the issue is the Yellow wire but I don't understand why. My fog lights I installed using the factory fog light wiring so I never had an issue. What is wrong with my wiring and what do I need to fix it? I want my Black Magic lights to come on with my fog lights. Any advice?
Very true. I wasted 3 hours trying to get those lights to work with my fog lights but after weighing the pros and cons (mainly less power to the lights and a good chance of getting harrassed by the police) I just ran both the power and relay to the battery with a switch coming out of my left speaker. Now I just need a good looking switch and a place to put it.


