Sparks at light switch

Asked by Travis Aug 07, 2017 at 12:38 PM about the 1981 Chevrolet C/K 10 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1981 chevy k10 pickup , I replaces the
gauges that the previous owner installed and put
new volt meter on pluged it in the fuse box . And
the light switch in the fuse box too the auxiliary
fuse and it started to arc at the light switch , why is
it doing this I have everything grounded .

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Gary answered 7 years ago

If it is arcing at the light switch, you may have an exposed hot wire. The arc is caused by power jumping to ground. Sounds like some is grounded that should no be.

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