Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum - View Single Post - Big lights, G1- what did I blow up?

DirtDiggler · 08-15-2010, 10:02 PM

Well I had this set of super cool KC Daylighters that needed a home, they are a bit of overkill but I mounted on the front of my G1. I ran a large wire from the Positive side of the battery to a heavy duty toggle switch I mounted on the dash. I grounded the lights to the frame. I used them for about 20 minutes this afternoon(had to try them out of course) and suddenly they went out. I then found out that nothing worked- the cart continued to run but once I killed it, I found out that it no longer spins over. I checked it out and found that if I run a new ground to anywhere on the cart, everything works fine including the starter. Could the solution be this simple? There is only one ground wire and it runs from the battery to the solenoid- I assumed the cart grounded through the solenoid case so I loosened the mounting bolts and retighted with no effect. I obviously need to run a dedicated ground for the lights but what did I mess up?

08-15-2010, 10:02 PM	#1
DirtDiggler Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: East Texas Posts: 42	Big lights, G1- what did I blow up? Well I had this set of super cool KC Daylighters that needed a home, they are a bit of overkill but I mounted on the front of my G1. I ran a large wire from the Positive side of the battery to a heavy duty toggle switch I mounted on the dash. I grounded the lights to the frame. I used them for about 20 minutes this afternoon(had to try them out of course) and suddenly they went out. I then found out that nothing worked- the cart continued to run but once I killed it, I found out that it no longer spins over. I checked it out and found that if I run a new ground to anywhere on the cart, everything works fine including the starter. Could the solution be this simple? There is only one ground wire and it runs from the battery to the solenoid- I assumed the cart grounded through the solenoid case so I loosened the mounting bolts and retighted with no effect. I obviously need to run a dedicated ground for the lights but what did I mess up?