Hey all, I have a question that hopefully someone one here has ran into or knows the answer to. I am a guy that thinks he is a master electician, but im not.. With that being said, I bought the light bar that BlownGP posted on page 17 off of ebay, and the brackets from Turblown03. The light bar looks great on the truck. The issue that I am running into is the wiring harness that comes with the light bar. It is the same one on the ebay page from page 17 of this thread. I understand that you take the red/black wires from the light bar, and connect them into the red/black that has the "weather proof" jacket. From there is where im not getting it. The relay for this harness has two sets of red/black wires coming out of it with a fifth white wire. A set of the red/black wires has a short black wire that im guessing goes to the negative terminal of the battery, and the red has a in line fuse that im guessing goes to the positive terminal? The other set of red/black also has the white coming out of the relay, and has a connection that goes to the switch. This is where I think I am lost. When I take the second red and hook it to the battery the light bar is able to turn on/off. Thats cool but my battery was not charging at all and my truck started to loose its mind. Is the way I hooked it up keeping a constant pull on the battery and thats why my battery eventually lost enough so that my truck wouldnt start and I had to get a jump? I know that a lot of guys are obliviously doing this so where am I going wrong? Is the light bar pulling to much power where that alternator cant keep the battery charged? Im sure its just my lack of wiring knowledge but any info would help.
