 Parking light short? Nope:, fixture direct grounds to body and grounds via brown wire |
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| Prospectfarms |
 Apr 16 2012, 09:34 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 7-March 11 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 12,801 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
Should all three terminals on the parking light assembly show ground, like mine do?
Made a new harness for the left front parking and side marker lights. Plugged it in and started blowing fuses (#5) when I pulled the light switch. Is the p-light grounded through the body as well as the brown wire? |
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| Prospectfarms |
Apr 17 2012, 04:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 7-March 11 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 12,801 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
E flashers work so p light assembly must be OK. Crappy electrician messed up my car...whoops, that would be me!
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| Dave_Darling |
Apr 17 2012, 02:51 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,985 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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The "power" terminals will ground through the light bulb. You'll see some resistance from the bulb element, but there will still be continuity to ground. (That's how they work, after all!)
Try removing the bulb. Still shorted to ground? You may have some of the wires on the wrong terminals. --DD |
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| Prospectfarms |
Apr 18 2012, 07:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 7-March 11 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 12,801 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Thank's Dave, you are generous to help with my "can't see the forest for the trees" query. I think of your kindness every time I order from Pelican. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
What tripped me up was the hot terminals had continuity to ground even with the ground wire removed. Obviously, the entire fixture is grounded to the chassis as well. As you surmised, I'd plugged-in the harness incorrectly. The diagram I'd drawn was turned 90 degrees. Working late is dangerous. With the terminals correctly connected everything works fine. At last, I have parking and side marker light on the driver side. I also made a new diagram for next time.... |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Apr 18 2012, 11:26 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
Those little raised numbers on the fixtures must be there for a reason, I just can't remember why ............................
The Cap'n |
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| Prospectfarms |
Apr 18 2012, 05:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 7-March 11 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 12,801 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Next time I'll just ask you.
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