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ermac

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Posted: April 02, 2007 at 5:24 PM / IP Logged

Real simple and quick for the right person.

I am installing new lights on a Dodge Ram 1500 5.9L V8 with a 24DL 12V Batt.

Off the light kit comes a +positive and -negative set of wires, ok, easy.

I have a toggle switch for the inside of the truck.

The toggle has POWER - LOAD - GROUND

Ground of corse going to a peice of metal on the truck, POWER being the positive from the bat to the switch and from switch to lights,

and LOAD is one issue, I was told take the Negative wire from the lights, and ground them to the truck, and leave the LOAD prong on the toggle switch alone?

and 2nd, am I able to ground these wires to the same ground point to where which the battery is also grounded. Called Autozone, they said no.

Mad Scientists

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Posted: April 02, 2007 at 5:53 PM / IP Logged

On the toggle switch; (it sounds like the toggle switch has three connections, and is a lighted switch)

load - the lights

ground - ground

power - 12+

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ermac

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Posted: April 02, 2007 at 5:56 PM / IP Logged

so... you mean this.

Power - runs from bat to power on toggle

ground... duh..

load... runs from positive wire on lights to load on toggle switch.

then the negative on the lights should be grounded? and can you ground multiple wires to one point?

I grounded that ground wire from toggle to same grounding point as the ground for the battery.

ermac

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Posted: April 02, 2007 at 6:42 PM / IP Logged

more simple... lol

TOGGLE SWITCH w/ 3 Prong INC LED

POWER: Wire from 12v battery to POWER prong

LOAD: Wire from POSITIVE of lights to LOAD prong

GROUND: wire from metal to GROUND prong

Questions:

What do you do with NEGATIVE from lights? put on metal as ground like autozone said?

Can you ground multiple ground wires to same ground point?

Mad Scientists

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Posted: April 03, 2007 at 6:36 AM / IP Logged

Use fusing, but that sounds right.. ground the negative wire off the lights. I'm not sure what you're talking about WRT multiple wires, but as long as the connections are good, there isn't any problem in connecting more than one ground wire to any one point.

Jim

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