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04-10-2012, 03:12 PM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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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?
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04-10-2012, 11:53 PM | #2 |
Gone Wild
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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.
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04-11-2012, 08:57 AM | #3 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Headlight wiring question
Thank you! We didn't try that way!
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04-12-2012, 08:03 AM | #4 |
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Re: Headlight wiring question
Ahhhh...still not working! I have no idea what we are doing wrong...very frustrated.
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04-12-2012, 08:28 AM | #5 |
Gone Wild
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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, 08:56 AM | #6 |
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Re: Headlight wiring question
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.
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04-12-2012, 09:07 AM | #7 |
Gone Wild
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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.
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04-13-2012, 06:51 PM | #8 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Headlight wiring question
This worked! Thank you!
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04-13-2012, 08:19 PM | #9 |
Gone Wild
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Location: Conway Springs Ks
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Re: Headlight wiring question
You are very welcome. Enjoy your lighted cart. I know I do mine.
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