blgreene1989
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Okay so long story short a few years ago I had an 01 Dakota had bad wiring from previous owner I bought two led fog/driving lights. I went to use my turn signal one day after I had stopped using the lights for quite awhile and all of a sudden it wouldn't work. I had to take it to a mechanic they were able to find my turn signal wire was burnt into he told me the reason was I needed a relay on my fog lamps. I am confused because they were fused and I don't get why I need a relay I have looked online but none of it makes any sense to me. Because if I have it fused it should blow the fuse before it burns my wire into.
So now I bought theses lights on amazon to put on my boat everyone tells me I buy a wiring harness. Well that's nice but not practical in my situation because I already have everything i need except for these relays. They will wired to a rocker switch and be fused believe me, but I also want it done right and can't afford to burn the boat up or burn wires into.
Here is the link to the big bar light (https://www.аmazon.com/gp/product/B079247WD4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) I have tested the amps personally it draws 3.33 amps on a 12 volt battery. Do I need a relay for this light and if so why?
Also I bought a pair (two) of these on amazon as well (https://www.amаzon.com/gp/product/B07B916HHF/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) I have tested one of the two lights, and one the amp draw on a 12 volt battery is 1.73 amps do I need a relay and if so why?
The bar light will be on the same rocker switch as the two smaller lights but I can wire them to separate rocker switches if I need to.
Example:
Rocker Switch 1
Bar Light & a pair (two) spot lights wired together
Total of 6.79 amps
OR
Example 2
Rocker Switch 1
Bar Light total of 3.33 amps
Rocker Switch 2
A pair (Two) spot light wired together total of 3.46 amps
Thanks,
Blake
So now I bought theses lights on amazon to put on my boat everyone tells me I buy a wiring harness. Well that's nice but not practical in my situation because I already have everything i need except for these relays. They will wired to a rocker switch and be fused believe me, but I also want it done right and can't afford to burn the boat up or burn wires into.
Here is the link to the big bar light (https://www.аmazon.com/gp/product/B079247WD4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) I have tested the amps personally it draws 3.33 amps on a 12 volt battery. Do I need a relay for this light and if so why?
Also I bought a pair (two) of these on amazon as well (https://www.amаzon.com/gp/product/B07B916HHF/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) I have tested one of the two lights, and one the amp draw on a 12 volt battery is 1.73 amps do I need a relay and if so why?
The bar light will be on the same rocker switch as the two smaller lights but I can wire them to separate rocker switches if I need to.
Example:
Rocker Switch 1
Bar Light & a pair (two) spot lights wired together
Total of 6.79 amps
OR
Example 2
Rocker Switch 1
Bar Light total of 3.33 amps
Rocker Switch 2
A pair (Two) spot light wired together total of 3.46 amps
Thanks,
Blake
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