Wiring relays...

[Smokinthehippies]

That's my next step. You can split the connector open to get bare leads so I'm gonna do that next time on it.

But I'm still not sure how it can be doing this? The gauge is big enough. the connections are solid. I'm just getting fed up with the non compliance of my will

 

[Smokinthehippies]

Finally got a chance to handle this nonsense. Checked all the woring and couldn't figure out why I was only showing 7v at the light. Finally figured out that it was the inline fuse on the power line.

Still don't understand how even with a blown fuse I was getting enough juice to trigger the lights but still be dead. Anyway. Case closed. I'll work on getting some triumphant pictures when she is home

 

[Fordum]

Wasn't blown all the way. Probably just some corrosion inside the fuse, or had gotten hot enough to melt the solder slightly and make a bad solder joint inside the fuse.

Rare, but I have seen it before.
Circuit was not broken, just had some high resistance inside the fuse. Under no load, you would get a full 12 volts.
Once you put a load on it, you would only get what the resistance would let through.

 

[Smokinthehippies]

Wasn't blown all the way. Probably just some corrosion inside the fuse, or had gotten hot enough to melt the solder slightly and make a bad solder joint inside the fuse.

Rare, but I have seen it before.
Circuit was not broken, just had some high resistance inside the fuse. Under no load, you would get a full 12 volts.
Once you put a load on it, you would only get what the resistance would let through.

Yup. If it would've broken cleanly it would've led me there a long time ago