Want to add lights to gas cart

C@TCH · 07-16-2020, 05:54 AM

Hi guys, I want to add some headlights and rear lights. Can I just run positive with fuse and negative directly to battery through a switch or does it need to go through a solenoid or something. If anyone has a diagram that would be great.

slonomo · 07-16-2020, 06:47 AM

The safest way is to have a fuse come off your positive terminal on battery, then into a relay, then to the lights. The relay is a safer way to turn on the lights so you don't have high amperage running through the switch.

google "light relay wiring" and you'll find what you want. There's even youtube videos on it. Lots of ways to do it.

kgsc · 07-16-2020, 07:05 AM

Depends on the lights but my leds don’t need the relay. Doesn’t pull enough current.

C@TCH · 07-16-2020, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by kgsc

Depends on the lights but my leds don’t need the relay. Doesn’t pull enough current.

I’m using 2- 15W LEDs would I still need a relay?

kgsc · 07-16-2020, 11:17 AM

Check the current but should not.

07-16-2020, 05:54 AM	#1
C@TCH Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 24	Want to add lights to gas cart Hi guys, I want to add some headlights and rear lights. Can I just run positive with fuse and negative directly to battery through a switch or does it need to go through a solenoid or something. If anyone has a diagram that would be great.
C@TCH Not Yet Wild Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 24

07-16-2020, 06:47 AM	#2
slonomo Searching for The Way Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Medina, Ohio (NEOHIO) Posts: 11,435	Re: Want to add lights to gas cart The safest way is to have a fuse come off your positive terminal on battery, then into a relay, then to the lights. The relay is a safer way to turn on the lights so you don't have high amperage running through the switch. google "light relay wiring" and you'll find what you want. There's even youtube videos on it. Lots of ways to do it.

07-16-2020, 07:05 AM	#3
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,124	Re: Want to add lights to gas cart Depends on the lights but my leds don’t need the relay. Doesn’t pull enough current.

07-16-2020, 11:17 AM	#5
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,124	Re: Want to add lights to gas cart Check the current but should not.

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