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Old 02-12-2010, 11:52 PM
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Headlight wiring help

I just recently purchased some Halo/Projectors for my 01 2500 Suburban. The question I have is on the wiring for the Halo's and then the LEDs on the headlamps. The Halo's on each headlamp come with one red and one black wire. I'm sure the red is my power (which will tap into the parking light wire) and the black (will go onto the ground wire). Also there are two LEDs on the end of the headlamp. One White wire (would this one by my power?) and a black (The ground?), These two would hook up the same onto the Parking light wire correct? I spoke with the seller of the lights and they mentioned that one is positive and negative. Looking at the wiring I was just going to splice the two reds on the Halos together and hook them up with wiring taps I got from an auto parts store into the factory harness, and do the same for the black wires onto the negative. Would this hinder the lights in operating the way they should? And I was going to do the same for the LED's, this way I reduce the amount of taps into the parking light and grounds wires on the harness. My last question is. Tapping into the Parking light wire so many times on each side (2x each), would this create a problem?
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Old 02-15-2010, 12:31 PM
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Re: Headlight wiring help

You could wire the halos and side LEDs in series (red from parking light wire to halo, black from halo to white LED, black from LED to separate ground or back to parking light ground wire) so that you'd have only one tap (or two) into the parking light wiring, if that is what you want. I think the mfr wired them separate in case someone wanted to control the halos with a separate switch.

I would not connect them in parallel (red and white together and blacks together, then those two connections tapped to the parking light wires).

If the halo light is also LED (which I think it is), then the multiple taps into each side should pose no problem since the power draw caused by LEDs is very low. But make sure you know which wire in the parking light loom is positive & negative since LEDs only work hooked up one way (that's the diode part).

Hope this helps!
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