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Help Wiring Kchilites

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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 10:56 AM
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I am in need of some help. I purchased some 130Watt kchilites (long range) and have mounted them onto my hood. I spent forever trying to get the lights to work up before i brought the wires into my daystar lower dash panel. So long story short I was able to get them to light up to make sure my grounds were good and i unplugged them and wired everything up. Now the lights won't light up and only my daystar switch is getting power. I have tried many different places to ground and nothing. right now i it hooked up to the bolt inside of the fuse box.

Anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

Also I checked the fuse for the lights and thought it was blow but the light on the switch was lighting up. so i switched the fuse anyways and now the switch is lit up no matter of the switch is activated or not. so i put the old one back in since so that it only lights up when switched on. any clue why this could be?

Thanks for any suggestions in advance
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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 11:04 AM
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There are two circuits one for the lights I believe its 25 amps. The other is to power the switch 5 amps, which in turn controls the relay , which controls the lights.

Ground straight to the battery neutral. I had issues finding a good ground.
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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Enzo
There are two circuits one for the lights I believe its 25 amps. The other is to power the switch 5 amps, which in turn controls the relay , which controls the lights.

Ground straight to the battery neutral. I had issues finding a good ground.
Thanks for the suggestion I will give it a try when i get home. Hopefully that fixes the problem. I am still at a loss about that fuse causing the daystar switch to stay lit whether it is on or not. I think I'm just going to stick with the fuse that was already in it so it doesn't stay on and burn out.
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Old Apr 6, 2014 | 07:19 PM
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Figured out the issue. My ground inside the fuse box wasn't solid enough so I placed it on another bolt inside the engine compartment and it worked. Also with the switch, I replaced the fuse and had the wires switched around so thats why it was lit up the entire time so now it is working as it should.
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