off road lights

[the big blue bus]

i had wired my bumper lights and reverse lights without relay and they worked for a lil bit then blew the fuse. so i replaced fuse and wired in relay and now lights dont work. thr switch lights up and the relay clicks wehn i hit switch but no light. i tried to unhook cable from lights and connect to batter but it just sparked a lot. it worked yesturday that way. idk what is wrong. i really hate wiring. nothin ever works. i must be doing something wrong, only thing ever worked when i did was the cb. any help would be really appreicated thanks

 

[SunlitComet]

perhaps a wire shorted initially as well?

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

run a jumper from the battery to the lights positive wire, and ground out the other one. if it doesn't light you may have blown the bulbs with a short somewhere along the line.

 

[the big blue bus]

i tried that pro comp and nothing and i got sparks at wire when touchin battery. it worked this way when i was first trying them out. i havent tried the back that way yet. i might take em apart and look at bulbs. i only go one spare bulb

 

[the big blue bus]

i took back lights off and hookd to battery so they stil work... but when hookd to relay nothing happens. idk whats wrong

 

[fyremanpat]

is the relay clicking on and off when you put power to it? not to insult you but check your wiring one more time

 

[the big blue bus]

the relay does click.. id check it again but its all muddy right now under there

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

you may have a bad relay or its shorting out if you had it filled with mud.

+1 checking the wiring one more time. make sure you have a good ground on it as well

 

[the big blue bus]

the lights workd and then stoped before i coverd it in mud. im going to look over it all friday and help my friend wire up his lights. the relay clicks when i turn switch on and off so im assuming it works?