1) i have an aux reverse light wired to my normal reverse lights.

2) i have lights mounted above my windshield that are switched fused and relayed.

3) they are both grounded to my kargomaster rack.

here is the problem.

when i hit the switch to turn on my windshiled lights they do not light up. instead the reverse lights come on.

and when i put it in reverse my normal lights come on but my rear aux flood does not.

do yall have any ideas????

 

1. Can you provide some more detail on how you wired up the back-up lights. IOW: Where did you tap into the stock lights, and what colors is that wire that you tapped into?

2. Can you be more specific on how you've wired up the windshield lights? Where are you getting power, and how are they supposed to be switched off and on?

 

i dont remember the color of the wire but it was not the black one going to the reverse light.

pulling + from battery going to relay. relay is switched from a toggle. and yes the relay is wired correctly.

the lights worked for a week. and now this is happening.

 

Okay. That's a weird one. You have two entirely independent systems, the only thing in common is that both systems use the cargo rack to get their ground. Yet, turn on one system and the other system starts working--but only partially. Immediate inclination is to say something got miswired--but that should be dismissed because it worked fine for a week. Then the next thing is maybe a fuse gave up the ghost--except these systems should be entirely independent.

Some possible ideas:

1. Visually inspect every place that you worked. See if anything worked itself loose--especially any grounds. When grounds are lost, electricity can start to flow in unintended directions (such as through the overhead rack).

2. Check fuses for the systems you've tapped into--and related fuses (such as taillights, license plate light, etc).

3. If you have a VOM, check voltages. Make sure they are what you expect them to be where you expect them to be. Also, check the voltage between things you might dismiss--such as the housings of your lamps and the chassis, the overhead rack and the chassis, etc.

4. If you have some long wire handy, run new wires around where you have the existing wiring/grounds to see if you can isolate the problem. For example, don't assume that the ground to the overhead rack is good--run a wire from the black wire out of the light to the battery negative terminal.

The above is what I'd do. Somewhere along the line you'll stumble across something amiss, I suspect. Then follow where that leads and I'll bet you have that system back up and running in no time.

 

alright. ill try running some grounding straps and see if that works.

you can imagine my suprise when i hit the switch trying to light up the ditches and road in front of me, then realized that the road behind me was lit up.

 

the only thing in common is the ground.