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ramthis9501
08-24-2011, 06:11 PM
So I went out to my truck after school to leave and guess what, it was dead. Well I left the lights on behind my grille all day. Had my friend take me home and get some jumper cables, went back and jumped it. Got it started but it wouldn't stay running without keeping it revved up. So I drove home with my foot on the gas the whole time. Got it in the garage on the charger now, hoping it'll charge up and isn't shot. I'll let you all know later when it gets done charging
BAD HABIT
08-24-2011, 06:28 PM
Hopefully it didn't kill the cells, good luck

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Redtruck-VA
08-24-2011, 06:42 PM
Driving lights are easy to leave on. I would recommend you connect them through an ignition "keyed" source. The lights should already be going through a current relay and you can route your switch that activates this relay to be powered from a "keyed" source. Simple fix.
AWE Daniel
08-24-2011, 06:43 PM
I have mine triggered through the cig lighter so tat doesn't happen
Redtruck-VA
08-24-2011, 06:52 PM
The switch (trigger) doesn't draw much current to operate the relay so it can come off of something like the radio or find something in the fuse box that is ign controlled.
SmokedRam
08-24-2011, 06:56 PM
Hope yours dodnt do what mine did when I forst got it...bad battery KILLED my alternator...
ramthis9501
08-24-2011, 07:34 PM
Driving lights are easy to leave on. I would recommend you connect them through an ignition "keyed" source. The lights should already be going through a current relay and you can route your switch that activates this relay to be powered from a "keyed" source. Simple fix.

Yeah I'm gonna be doing that pretty soon... There is a blue ignition wire that I'm gonna wire it into
ramthis9501
08-24-2011, 07:35 PM
Hope yours dodnt do what mine did when I forst got it...bad battery KILLED my alternator...

Let's hope it didn't...
ramthis9501
08-24-2011, 10:48 PM
Just went outside and started it up, it did good! Let it idle for a minute and had no problem! Let's just hope it stays that way :)
txbass06
08-24-2011, 10:54 PM
You could do what I did and get an add-a-fuse and run it off your cigarette lighter fuse. No wire splicing at all this way


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ramthis9501
08-24-2011, 11:23 PM
Never heard of that before, got a link of some kind?
txbass06
08-25-2011, 12:59 PM
Here's a link to our site

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/LIT0/FHM200BP.oap?ck=Search_add+a+fuse_-1_-1&keyword=add+a+fuse

How it works is you remove a fuse from the panel and replace it with the add a circuit. It's got a little lead of wire that you'd run to your switch or wherever. Then you insert two fuses in the holder and voila, you've got a fused circuit and no wire splicing or just shoving a wire under a fuse lol


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Redtruck-VA
08-25-2011, 01:34 PM
handy add on.
ramthis9501
08-25-2011, 03:06 PM
Thanks Mark, that might be an easier way to go
NOTPAID4
08-25-2011, 10:40 PM
Hope by charging the battery did the trick. I have been working on my BLUE magnum so much lately and driving the wheels off from it and have neglected my Red R/T magnum and did NOT relize that I have driven that ONE in almost two months and went to start it and battery was dead on it. I charged it a little and so far so good. (In fact I drove it tonight to a local cruise in and it did really good and started back up to get me home. So maybe it just needed to be driven a little ~LOL~)