Boat Wiring For Front light and Rear Light?

Question

I am trying to find out how to wire my front and rear boat lights I have a PULL switch I have wires for the lights but it will not work. The Diagram on the back says HOT and LOAD I have no idea what this is. It only has two simple wires coming from the front and two for the rear light how do I hook these up to the pull switch. I know I have to implement the battery in this somehow but not really sure. Any help would really be appreciated.

Answer 1

You're "hot" wire will be one from battery positive.  There will probably be a plus sign on the back of your switch if you can see it.  You're power wire will go there, you may have a fuse block as well, but there should be an inline fuse.  You're other wire will bring that same "hot" wire's power from before to the light when that switch is pulled.  There is a ground wire coming back from the light, either black or even white maybe, your power wire may be brown going to your lights if I'm not mistaken, and your hot wire should be red.  If you can figure out where your hot wire is, and it's on your switch for your lights, and your ground is hooked up, your lights should work, both will work off that principle.  Easier to explain in person I think.  Hope it helps some.

Answer 2

Go to the library and get a book on basic electricity.  It will explain how to wire a simple 12 V lamp and how to wire switches.

Answer 3

The positive post on the battery will connect to the hot side of the switch, the load side will connect to the brown wires going to the lights (one for each light), the black wires from each light will have to be connected to the negative post on the battery. Don't forget to install a fuse holder near the battery on the hot wire.

Good luck.

Answer 4

One wire is "POWER" usually red or +... Goes to positive post on the battery

1 wire goes to the anchor white light (usually first  pull position on switch)

the other wire goes to the bow light (second position on the switch), you the take the wire from each light, and ground it to the NEG side of the battery post. Put an in line water proof fuse holder between the "POWER" line and the battery. Ya done, it's only 12 volts so you CAN'T get hurt.

Answer 5

go with the thumbs up.

Answer 6

The hot should be the wire coming from the power source(battery).load would be the lights you are connecting. so you should have a "hot" wire into the switch and two "load" wires coming out of the switch, one to each light. the lights should also have a ground wire coming off each light to complete the circuit.

Answer 7

I am not being degrading, but if you do not know how to wire a light bulb, then you shouldn't, at least until someone shows you how, and even then you may want to think the whole idea over again.