[bigbee2456]

I am attempting to install a light bar on my sleds. They are both Polaris Indy’s gen 2 I believe. No battery, and I assume no dc current anywhere to power the light bar, I am thinking of using one of the ac current wires from one of the headlights, and using a ac to dc rectifier then connecting that to the light bar. Does anybody know if this will work? Also could I use one of the high beam wires so when I use the high beam switch it will turn on? Would I need a capacitor/battery? I really want to do this and I don’t have much experience with this kind of stuff. I just tried to read up on other threads as much as I could. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[bigbee2456]

Thanks for the info, are you sure the headlights are dc? And just curious as to why I can’t splice and use butt connectors. Thanks again.

 

[bigbee2456]

Yeah I just ordered the lights, some wire, good butt connectors, and ac to dc rectifiers hopefully it works out I’ll let you know how it goes thanks for all the help.

 

[bigbee2456]

Well, I tried doing it and it didn’t go very well. I connected the power source to the rectifier to the light bar and I can’t get it to emit any light. I also tried without the rectifier no light whatsoever. Im gonna try to get my hands on a multimeter to see if I even have power going to it. Also I noticed all 3 of my bulbs were blown.