Headlight wiring question

Angelene175 · 04-10-2012, 03:12 PM

We are trying to hook up lights to our 1992 ez go marathon. We got the full kit with the lights and cowl cap and wiring harness. We are having a problem wiring the wires to the lights and parking lights. The instructions did not specify which color wires go into which light...there are 4 wires per side...2 yellow and 2 black. 2 go into the parking light and 2 go into the main light. We have no idea which goes where. We have tried several ways but none are working. Help?

hilla · 04-10-2012, 11:53 PM

My first guess would be that the yellow are your hot + wires and the black are the negative - wires. One hot and one negative to each light. I would probably try to trace them back to the switch and see which color is which. If you can't tell at that point I would cover then ends of all of the wires with a piece of electrical tape to insulate them and then hook up the switch and harness to the battery. I would then switch the lights on and use a test light to figure out which ones are the hot wires.

Angelene175 · 04-11-2012, 08:57 AM

Thank you! We didn't try that way!

Angelene175 · 04-12-2012, 08:03 AM

Ahhhh...still not working! I have no idea what we are doing wrong...very frustrated.

hilla · 04-12-2012, 08:28 AM

Are you grounding the lights directly back to the battery? Most of these carts do no use a chassis ground, the only way the lights will work is if they are grounded to the battery.

Angelene175 · 04-12-2012, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hilla

Are you grounding the lights directly back to the battery? Most of these carts do no use a chassis ground, the only way the lights will work is if they are grounded to the battery.

Ok, you are only speaking to the mechanically ignorant messanger here. My husband does the actual work. So when I explain this to him, I want to make sure I have an exact understanding. How do you ground the lights to the battery? I know he has two wires hooked to the battery but the (VERY limited) directions stated to ground the lights to the body somehow.

hilla · 04-12-2012, 09:07 AM

No problem. What I have done is to hook the grounds from both of the headlights together and then run a wire from there back to the negative post of the battery. I do the same for the tail lights. This assures me that I have a good ground and if I do have issues I only have to check one grounding point and one wire.

Angelene175 · 04-13-2012, 06:51 PM

This worked! Thank you!

hilla · 04-13-2012, 08:19 PM

You are very welcome. Enjoy your lighted cart. I know I do mine.

04-10-2012, 03:12 PM	#1
Angelene175 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	Headlight wiring question We are trying to hook up lights to our 1992 ez go marathon. We got the full kit with the lights and cowl cap and wiring harness. We are having a problem wiring the wires to the lights and parking lights. The instructions did not specify which color wires go into which light...there are 4 wires per side...2 yellow and 2 black. 2 go into the parking light and 2 go into the main light. We have no idea which goes where. We have tried several ways but none are working. Help?
Angelene175 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24

04-10-2012, 11:53 PM	#2
hilla Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Conway Springs Ks Posts: 159	Re: Headlight wiring question My first guess would be that the yellow are your hot + wires and the black are the negative - wires. One hot and one negative to each light. I would probably try to trace them back to the switch and see which color is which. If you can't tell at that point I would cover then ends of all of the wires with a piece of electrical tape to insulate them and then hook up the switch and harness to the battery. I would then switch the lights on and use a test light to figure out which ones are the hot wires.

04-11-2012, 08:57 AM	#3
Angelene175 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	Re: Headlight wiring question Thank you! We didn't try that way!
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04-12-2012, 08:03 AM	#4
Angelene175 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	Re: Headlight wiring question Ahhhh...still not working! I have no idea what we are doing wrong...very frustrated.
Angelene175 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24

04-12-2012, 08:28 AM	#5
hilla Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Conway Springs Ks Posts: 159	Re: Headlight wiring question Are you grounding the lights directly back to the battery? Most of these carts do no use a chassis ground, the only way the lights will work is if they are grounded to the battery.

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04-12-2012, 09:07 AM	#7
hilla Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Conway Springs Ks Posts: 159	Re: Headlight wiring question No problem. What I have done is to hook the grounds from both of the headlights together and then run a wire from there back to the negative post of the battery. I do the same for the tail lights. This assures me that I have a good ground and if I do have issues I only have to check one grounding point and one wire.

04-13-2012, 06:51 PM	#8
Angelene175 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	Re: Headlight wiring question This worked! Thank you!
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04-13-2012, 08:19 PM	#9
hilla Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Conway Springs Ks Posts: 159	Re: Headlight wiring question You are very welcome. Enjoy your lighted cart. I know I do mine.

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