Electrical Question

[formikec]

My spotlights quit working the other day, as did the brake lights if you all remember me commenting about it. Well, I replaced the 10 amp fuse for the brake lights and all was well...except the spotlights never worked again.

So, I tore the seat off and checked to see how the guy that owned it before me had wired them in. There was an inline fuse and the fuse was melted so bad that I couldn't even tell what size it was. Basically the fuse was from the hot on the battery to a relay. Relay says 40amp. The wire for the hot was only about 14 guage, so I can't imagine it had a 40amp fuse in it, and have no idea what happened.

Anyway, long and short of it, I took the switch the guy had on the gas tank off because it was rubbing the paint, and it seems ignorant when I can wire the spotlights into the ignition like the tail lights. I left the 40amp relay, but replaced the inline with 12 gauge and a 10 amp fuse. Wired the on/off switch part of the relay into the tail lights, so that the spots come on when the ignition is on.

Seems to work for now, but I'm not an electrician. Can someone tell me if I did something wrong that might cause a fire later? lol

Thanks,
Mike