This is 5 or maybe 6 items that have either been shipped to me wrong in one way or another, or have been shipped new, but defective out of the box in the last two years of this project. I once calculated my lost time for other peoples' errors at about 12 weeks....
I got the winch bumper from Rovers North last summer, and after figuring out that the odd way it fit was not, in fact a defect, I finally installed it.
Well, tonight I finally got around to wiring up the LED fog lights that came with that bumper. They are Ring Aurora lights that come with an "automatic switcher", rated for 12/24v at 3 amps. http://www.ringautomotive.com/files/mydocs/BRL0397 Instructions version 1.pdf
They tested fine out of the box with a little battery pack they came with, and I did a quick check once they were installed in the bumper by simply hot wiring them directly. The lights work fine. But once I got it wired into my new fuse box, they simply didn't work... ...unless you initially powered up, then they come on for 5 seconds, then switch off while still having power applied to them.
I double checked everything, then removed the inline fuse and wired directly, then used both wiring options, and finally hot wired the lights just to make sure -- they only stay on for 5 seconds when using the sealed automatic switcher box, but they work fine when wired directly on their own... (by the way, I did not splice into a parking light just to use that option, I simply applied 12v to the wire, but nothing ever happened when I did that. The lights only came on when they had 12v applied to the main circuit, and only for 5 seconds, then they would turn off.)
Before I call Rover's North, just in case, is there any problem with simply bypassing the automatic switcher box and simply wiring them directly with a proper fuse and grounding, or will these malfunction/overheat if I don't use the switcher box they came with?
I got the winch bumper from Rovers North last summer, and after figuring out that the odd way it fit was not, in fact a defect, I finally installed it.
Well, tonight I finally got around to wiring up the LED fog lights that came with that bumper. They are Ring Aurora lights that come with an "automatic switcher", rated for 12/24v at 3 amps. http://www.ringautomotive.com/files/mydocs/BRL0397 Instructions version 1.pdf
They tested fine out of the box with a little battery pack they came with, and I did a quick check once they were installed in the bumper by simply hot wiring them directly. The lights work fine. But once I got it wired into my new fuse box, they simply didn't work... ...unless you initially powered up, then they come on for 5 seconds, then switch off while still having power applied to them.
I double checked everything, then removed the inline fuse and wired directly, then used both wiring options, and finally hot wired the lights just to make sure -- they only stay on for 5 seconds when using the sealed automatic switcher box, but they work fine when wired directly on their own... (by the way, I did not splice into a parking light just to use that option, I simply applied 12v to the wire, but nothing ever happened when I did that. The lights only came on when they had 12v applied to the main circuit, and only for 5 seconds, then they would turn off.)
Before I call Rover's North, just in case, is there any problem with simply bypassing the automatic switcher box and simply wiring them directly with a proper fuse and grounding, or will these malfunction/overheat if I don't use the switcher box they came with?