Air baggers. Need help asap. Valve wiring?

[lyrikz]

I figured this was pretty straight forward. I have SMC valves. One red wire and one black wire per valve. I figured you ground the black wire and put the red to hot if you want it to open. That doesnt work, so before i keep screwing with it. How do you wire them? Is the black go to positive and the red to ground???

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by lyrikz

I figured this was pretty straight forward. I have SMC valves. One red wire and one black wire per valve. I figured you ground the black wire and put the red to hot if you want it to open. That doesnt work, so before i keep screwing with it. How do you wire them? Is the black go to positive and the red to ground???

No one??? I just dont want to mess up the valve. I cant see that the red wire would be for a ground and black for power...

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by lyrikz

No one??? I just dont want to mess up the valve. I cant see that the red wire would be for a ground and black for power...

Well, just put the black to the negative on teh battery and the red to the positive. It works. I just dont get why it wouldnt work the way i had it. THe black grounded on the frame to bare metal and the red to the positive on the battery.. IDK...

[pissonNOS]

stranger things have happened on my gc extreme valves the instructions werte wrong for the power and ground

[firedog]

check out the suspension section you should find your answers there if not airbagit.com has good schematics drawn up

[Shane]

black to ground, red to power ...

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by firedog

check out the suspension section you should find your answers there if not airbagit.com has good schematics drawn up

I will look into it. THank you for the link.

Originally Posted by Shane

black to ground, red to power ...

Shane, i had the black wires grounded to the frame. Bare metal. I applied power to the red and nothing. Just doesnt make sense. I dont have my battery installed in the truck, so does that mean my frame is not grounded???

ONce i took the grounds off, hooked them to the negative on the battery, then the red to power, it works. Im just wondering why the darn frame grounds arent working.

[Shane]

Originally Posted by lyrikz

I dont have my battery installed in the truck, so does that mean my frame is not grounded??

If there is no battery in truck then there is no negative / ground on the frame. Once you reinstall the battery and ground it to the frame then you should be fine.

good luck!

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by Shane

If there is no battery in truck then there is no negative / ground on the frame. Once you reinstall the battery and ground it to the frame then you should be fine.

good luck!

I figured that out this morning. Thanks shane. I had my grounds all nice and neat and ripped em all out. ahaha. Oh well.