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Hella light switch wont light up

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by MotoXXX, Dec 7, 2009.

  1. Dec 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM
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    MotoXXX

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    I hooked up my hella lights and cant get the switch to iluminate? The lights work but the switch wont light up, I have one wire on the middle pin to the relay, one wire to the cigarette lighter hot wire and one wire grounded, I can switch the wires and iluminate the light but then the lights dont work? What did I do wrong?
     
  2. Dec 7, 2009 at 8:40 PM
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  3. Dec 7, 2009 at 9:47 PM
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  4. Dec 7, 2009 at 9:59 PM
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    Hmmmm....maybe some guys that are wiring guru's can chime in! Did you see if that switch will light up when not in a circuit with the relay?
     
  5. Dec 7, 2009 at 10:06 PM
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    when i had them on my jeep they only let while they were on ?????
     
  6. Dec 7, 2009 at 11:16 PM
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    ground the 3rd terminal to a solid ground, 1 from relay, 2 to battery... should work
     
  7. Dec 8, 2009 at 1:24 PM
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    I had two and one of mine burned out. Hella sent me in a new one with a lot of e-mails and complaining. New one worked fine. Maybe the light in the switch is burned out like mine was.
     
  8. Dec 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM
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    BlueSteel

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    The light is probably out in the switch...happened to me on my Jeep. Test just the switch on a 12V source to see if it lights. You can get the three prong switches at radio shack or your local parts store no biggie.
     
  9. Dec 8, 2009 at 8:40 PM
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    Switch is good, if I switch the wires around it lights up but the lights will not! So I have one wire to ground (same ground as the lights), one wire to cig lighter for keyed power and on wire to the relay. I am stumped. will mes with tomorow.
     
  10. Dec 8, 2009 at 10:42 PM
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    Check your connections on the relay and make sure that they are in the right order.

    30- fuse battery
    85- ground
    86- switch
    87- light (pos)
     
  11. Dec 9, 2009 at 6:19 AM
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    Will check it out asap, kinda wierd the lights work fine but the switch wont light up?
     

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