Fog light wiring issue.

[Sevorith]

PO ended up cutting the fog lights off near the fender, so I got a donor harness for the connectors for the fog lights. After splicing up all the wires, the passenger side was inop. I switched the lights around and the passenger side still wouldn't come on. I did a continuity test and had a connection from the fuse to the connector, but I also had continuity from the connector to the ground. I figured the wire was damaged, and tracing the original wire back I found a nick in the wire. I wrapped it up, respliced everything, and still had continuity to the ground. I pulled out the driver side connector and also had continuity to the ground.

Is this normal? I was under the impression that the power should be isolated and not ringing to the ground.

[Steve Corbett]

There should be two wires, One to power and one to ground. The light connects between them to complete the circuit.

[Sevorith]

Right, but what I'm saying is should the power wire be ringing to the ground as well?

[Escaport]

You are correct. The power should not ring the ground. Not sure what the issue is, but ground should only be seen on one of the two wires.

[Sevorith]

My guess is that it's still shorting somewhere along the run of the power wire.