Greetings all,
I have recently fabricated my own "backrack" for my pickup truck and it looks spectacular. To put the finishing touch, I decided to install 2 LED lights on either side of the bar seen here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IZ9VAOI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Details:
LED Power: 36W (12 x 3W High Intensity LED)
Beam Pattern: Flood Beam
Input Voltage: 9-30V DC (fits 12V, 24V vehicles)
Working Lifespan: Over 30,000 hours
Working Temperature: -40~85 degrees Celsius
LED Color Temperature: Pure White 6000K-6500K
Material: 6063 Aluminum Profile, High quality Led Chips, PC Lens
Waterproof Rate: IP67; Waterproof, dustproof, quakeproof and anti-corrosive.
Voltage: 32V
So here is where things go wrong: I install the lights, combine the positives and negatives of both lights, and run the combined negatives of the 2 lights to the car battery. The positive combo runs to a throw switch at the dash, and back to the positive terminal of the battery. But, when I hook it up to the battery, it smokes and the wire becomes very hot.
I have triple checked all of the connections, there is NO way I have the wires backwards, and all of the wires are in pristine condition. I have even removed the switch to see if the switch was causing issues, and I still get smoke at the battery.
Secondly, I can take these same wires and hook them up to an external battery in my Mahindra tractor, and the lights work perfectly fine.
So why on gods green earth can I take the same wires, attach them to the battery in my car and get smoke. but have working lights if I attach them to the tractor battery?
The car battery and the tractor battery are 12V batteries obviously, these lights are made for use with a car battery, the only difference in the cranking amperage of the batteries.
I am very very stuck, and would really appreciate some input.
I have recently fabricated my own "backrack" for my pickup truck and it looks spectacular. To put the finishing touch, I decided to install 2 LED lights on either side of the bar seen here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IZ9VAOI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Details:
LED Power: 36W (12 x 3W High Intensity LED)
Beam Pattern: Flood Beam
Input Voltage: 9-30V DC (fits 12V, 24V vehicles)
Working Lifespan: Over 30,000 hours
Working Temperature: -40~85 degrees Celsius
LED Color Temperature: Pure White 6000K-6500K
Material: 6063 Aluminum Profile, High quality Led Chips, PC Lens
Waterproof Rate: IP67; Waterproof, dustproof, quakeproof and anti-corrosive.
Voltage: 32V
So here is where things go wrong: I install the lights, combine the positives and negatives of both lights, and run the combined negatives of the 2 lights to the car battery. The positive combo runs to a throw switch at the dash, and back to the positive terminal of the battery. But, when I hook it up to the battery, it smokes and the wire becomes very hot.
I have triple checked all of the connections, there is NO way I have the wires backwards, and all of the wires are in pristine condition. I have even removed the switch to see if the switch was causing issues, and I still get smoke at the battery.
Secondly, I can take these same wires and hook them up to an external battery in my Mahindra tractor, and the lights work perfectly fine.
So why on gods green earth can I take the same wires, attach them to the battery in my car and get smoke. but have working lights if I attach them to the tractor battery?
The car battery and the tractor battery are 12V batteries obviously, these lights are made for use with a car battery, the only difference in the cranking amperage of the batteries.
I am very very stuck, and would really appreciate some input.