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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 12:03 PM
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so i broke a light on my 98 scrambler 500 so i figured id upgrade to an led light bar, this one 11 inch 72W LED Light Bar Work Spot Flood Lamp Offroad SUV ATV Jeep Boat US | eBay

question is, how do i wire it up so i can have both low and high beam..the scrammy has 2 wire harnesses(1 for each light) and 3 wires in each harness(yellow, green, brown?) and my light bar only has 2 wires, red and black(positive and neg. obviously)...do i just splice the yellow to yellow, green to green, and brown to brown? then which wires hook to the pos. and neg. for the light bar..and where does the brown wire(s) go?



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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 12:34 PM
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Honestly, I'd just use the switch that comes with the light bar if it has one and wire it directly to the battery and a ground.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 01:25 PM
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Honestly, I'd just use the switch that comes with the light bar if it has one and wire it directly to the battery and a ground.
it didnt come with a switch, id like to use my stock switch because the light bar has high and low beam..or as they call it, spot and flood beam
 
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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 01:28 PM
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im thinking it would go like this..splice all the green and yellow wires to the light bar red..and the browns(im assuming its ground) to the black wire on the bar...but i wanna know for sure if that will work...
 
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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 01:37 PM
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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 04:09 PM
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i see the green is low beam and yellow is high..so, if i splice the green n yellow together, on low beam will it just be my spot(low beam) and when i hit my brights will the yellow just provide more juice and turn on the high beam(flood) on the led bar...
 
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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 04:28 PM
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You're trying to integrate 4 different lights into two switch positions. You can do it as you said by using the greens together with brown wire as the common ground: stock low beams and low beam on the light bar would come on. On high beam yellow: the stock high beam and high beam on the light bar should come on.That is if it's split as you said into separate high and low beams. If you tried to hook yellow and green wires together,all the lights would come on no matter what position the switch is on. Plus look at this and see if it might be what you want. http://www.quadovator.com/817897.html
 
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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 05:50 PM
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looks great imo, and works great!!!

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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 06:08 PM
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Understand now after rereading your first post on not having the oem light. Looks bright!
 
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Old Nov 6, 2015 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by old polaris tech
Understand now after rereading your first post on not having the oem light. Looks bright!
its way brighter than oem..plus it looks good(imo)
 
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