Single wire replacing 2-wire???
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Single wire replacing 2-wire???
I replaced my bashed step bumper with one from Fey last weekend. The new bumper came with license plate lights that are single-wire.
The originals (93 F-150) have 2 wires to the socket. Unfortunately, the old sockets do not fit the holes in the new bumper.
Is there an easy way for me to power the new lights off the 2-wire originals?? Tapping into either of the originals does nothing, I assume since there is no ground/circuit completion.
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The originals (93 F-150) have 2 wires to the socket. Unfortunately, the old sockets do not fit the holes in the new bumper.
Is there an easy way for me to power the new lights off the 2-wire originals?? Tapping into either of the originals does nothing, I assume since there is no ground/circuit completion.
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Single wire replacing 2-wire???
one wire should be a ground and the other a hot wire.
You may have to play around with them ground one to the new
socket and attach the other to the wire should work make sure
that you dont have a blown fuse good luck
You may have to play around with them ground one to the new
socket and attach the other to the wire should work make sure
that you dont have a blown fuse good luck
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Single wire replacing 2-wire???
Be careful grounding those wires because one of them has 12 volts on it when the lights are on, and you will blow a fuse. I don't know about your year truck, but most of the Fords had a brown wire as the hot wire for the bulbs. The easiest way is to buy a test light at the store. Hook one end of the test light to ground, turn the headlamp switch on, and touch the probe to each wire. The one that lights the test light will be the one you hook to your new lights.
The only reason the original sockets had two wires is because they where plastic.
The only reason the original sockets had two wires is because they where plastic.
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