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Fxitrghtthefirsttime · 10-06-2021, 09:03 PM

Idk about everyone else's experience with these reducers but I had a similar mistake. And when my reducer went out it stunk up my whole shop. There was no doubt that it was bad. I was trying to hook up a light bar and I found a pair of 12 volt wires with nothing attached to them in the dash. What I didn't notice was there was also a pair of 48v wires loose in the dash and when I went to hook up the light bar I grabbed 1 of the 12v wires and one of the 48v wires and basically backfed 48 volts to the 12v out put of my reducer. So in my opinion you probably messed up your reducer but if it doesn't put out an awful smell then it might still be alright. Maybe check all the fuses that protect your controller.

10-06-2021, 09:03 PM	#8
Fxitrghtthefirsttime Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 2	Re: I slapped in a lithium and now my headlights/tail lights/ radio isn’t working Idk about everyone else's experience with these reducers but I had a similar mistake. And when my reducer went out it stunk up my whole shop. There was no doubt that it was bad. I was trying to hook up a light bar and I found a pair of 12 volt wires with nothing attached to them in the dash. What I didn't notice was there was also a pair of 48v wires loose in the dash and when I went to hook up the light bar I grabbed 1 of the 12v wires and one of the 48v wires and basically backfed 48 volts to the 12v out put of my reducer. So in my opinion you probably messed up your reducer but if it doesn't put out an awful smell then it might still be alright. Maybe check all the fuses that protect your controller.