Help me elect tech guys, I'm frustrated
I got my (4) LED lamps last night, so this morning I went about cutting the locking connectors from the old lights and attaching them to the new LED lights.
Also the hardware just did not fit right, the buggy long bolt that attached to the frame were m8 1.25 thd, just too big dia for the new brackets so I got m7 bolts/lock nuts instead (a Christmas eve home depot run)
My kitchen table:
Now, I decided to do just 1, get it working, then the others.
Upon putting it on the buggy and plug together nothing lit up.
I suspected my connection, so did a ohm continuity check, and to my surprise looked like a open circuit, infinite ohms.
I then checked another LED light directly from it's bare connectors and it also appeared as open circuit. I then thought that possible LED cannot be checked via ohm meter, so I made a quick jumper and put it onto my tractor 12v battery, boy that was bright! So, LED are good.
I then re-did the locking connector and upon plug in it did not work.
Now, I feel dumb as a wet dog...
Checked the output voltage at the buggy connector side, 14.96 v.
Plugged in the old broken light, they work fine!
What am I missing?
Why are the LED lights being lit by a simple 12 connection to the tractor battery, yet not when into the buggy circuit?
The buggy lights are 12v 25w rated, I took the bulb out that's what it says on it.