off road lights, tahoe
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Forum Name: Lights, Neon, LEDs, HIDs
Forum Discription: Under Car Lighting, Strobe Lights, Fog Lights, Headlights, HIDs, DRL, Tail Lights, Brake Lights, Dashboard Lights, WigWag, etc.
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Printed Date: July 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Topic: off road lights, tahoe
Posted By: huntinfla
Subject: off road lights, tahoe
Date Posted: April 13, 2007 at 9:49 PM
I just installed 4 off road lights on the top of my Tahoe, I installed 2 switches (one for each pair) The problem I am having is when I turn one switch on, all foour lights come on. They are not very bright either they have 130w bulbs in them, and look more like 20w. Any ideas as to what can be the problem? I have installed many sets of lights on various other vehicles of mine, and this is the first time this has happened. Basically I ran one ground to the switches which I just jumped from one switch to the other (these are illuminated switches), and I also ran one power wire to the switches which I also jumped. I then ran the wire from each set of lights to the respective switch. I ran one single ground from the frame to the lights on the roof which I tapped to each light as I got to it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted By: jayem7516
Date Posted: April 15, 2007 at 9:50 AM
You sure you wired them in parallel and not in series? 
Posted By: huntinfla
Date Posted: April 15, 2007 at 9:57 AM
Yeah, I wired them properly, it turned out I had a bad ground, and now all works well. Thanks for the suggestion.
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