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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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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