I paired 2 lights each with a Kawell 2 leg wiring harness 80 watt 40 amp relay and hooked to a charged 12v battery . Not much light ,why?
1408190
I just hooked mine directly to a trolling motor battery with spring clips & they are bright.you might have a problem with your relay.try hooking them up direct & see how bright they get.
1408191
Sounds like to me that you have them hooked in parallel and not in series?? Check with your auto tech, seems to be something not right?? How old is the battery??
1657884
On my tester, it will either light up or not, might be a loose connector be sure and check the leads into the the plastic 20pin connector, that they are all seated and the female connectors are not spread out..
1388844
you may have a lose wire. check your safety switch. make sure all the wires are clean and you have a good connection .
85657
I had the same problem. but I just jumped the connector from where the light stopped working to the end that did work and that connection worked for lighting up another 4 ft if I recall i had to do it every 4 ft. It depend on the size of your 12v battery are you hooking it up to car battery? that should have enough to power the whole reel.
712010
That's exactly what I did! No, not at all. The lights are as small as drops of water, and right on the copper wire. Hope that helped!
768183
The problem is either your voltage is dropping off or that you have "dirty" power going into the lights...you can solve the dirty power problem with a small capacitor between the power supply and the terminals on the lights
1978305
This is a more complex problem than it would seem. I tend to use overkill when sizing wire to a given load. In addition, a friend replaced all of my fixtures original quartz halogen bulbs with LED's that draw less current. And generally speaking, it is not just the load in amperes, but the length of the wire run in feet that determines the wire gauge needed. I would suggest that you employ someone with knowledge in electronics to size and determine your layout. This is especially true if your layout is complex and heavily loaded. I wish I could be of more help, but I have to hire an electrician. Good luck!
456038
Sounds like it's not holding a charge. It should scale all four lights and then light 1-4 lights depending on the charge level.
1927512
It just so happens that I bought the same item. I left it connected to my Solar panel 12v I then set the whole unit in the window to catch the rays of the Sun. I must admit though I had forgotten it till the next day at the same time. When I looked the lights were lit. I tried it a second time and the lights were lit again. Give it a try. Hope this helps you.
10325
These lights dont pull much juice, so u shouldnt have any issue if they are correctly wired.
709682
If you have a voltage meter you can check the leads off the battery(while the camper is plugged in) and the voltage at any light. You should be reading 12+ volts. We had a problem with our lights dimming and brighting. We replaced with a new unit and it solved the problem.
170481
I would also recommend the relay kit, as it will help with power consumption. Its a cheap was to give you piece of mind that your lights will work correctly.
1198282
If at all possible try to split in 2 directions so you have 2 power supplies, supplying 30 ft each. should keep the intensity bright. I used 2 strips off one power supply and had a great affect, only I did not tie them end to end as you would need to do, but the lights were very bright and worked very well with one power supply. hope this helps, good luck.
632926
I have installed 2 of these lights in an RV and have not noticed the problem you describe. Almost sounds like a low-level "phantom" power issue?
1527974
I have the harness installed with 2 27 watt LED light it does not seem to be a problem.
1455697
You have one lug for power in, one lug for a ground to ground the switch and the third for power out to accessory. If ungrounded then the led on the switch won't be illuminated .
1284185
Sounds like you may have them wired into a two way switch (something that would turn on regular lights then when turned off, it sends the power to the LED lights). Its difficult to assist since I don't know how you wired them or where you spliced the hot (red) wire into.