ezgo light wiring question

[teamzero]

I purchased one of the recessed light kits a while back and installed no problem. I recently purchased a new dash and radio and decided to add a new rocker switch with led light. The old switch had 2 wires red and green. The new rocker switch takes three wires power ground and whatever your hooking to(lights). I wired everything up like i thought would work with the green being ground.....wrong. anyway to make a long story short the only way i could make work was wire the green to the switch and leave the red disconnected. Everything works as it should, just want to make sure this is correct. Thanks

[gornoman]

It is incorrect. The switch wants a +12v coming in and a +12v (load) going to the lights. The lights get grounded to a -12v terminal. The third wire on the switch also grounds to a -12v terminal. This allows the switch to make/break the positive wire, and allows the LED in the switch to operate correctly.

Get it?

[Coltf1991]

He is correct! The third prong is for the led light on the rocker itself but does have to wired up the way gman said!

[teamzero]

I hope i gotcha lol. I've got a seperate 12v battery wires ran to+ and- on battery. the the green wire from the original switch is wired to new switch is the only way i can get it to work properly. This will not work? If not what should i hook red wire too? Im a descent mechanic and fabricator but an idiot at electrical lol.

[gornoman]

Run a wire from +12v of the battery to 12v terminal on the switch.
Run a wire from LOAD terminal of the switch to both of the positive wires of the lights.
Run a wire from -12 of the battery to both the GROUND terminal on the switch AND both of the negative wires of the lights.

Done.