fuse blows when installing license plate lite

[dacrownedprince]

ok so im trying to tap into my STOCK license plate wires with my new license plate lite--its just a simple bolt with the led lite in it--every time i splice the wires together the same 15amp fuse keeps blowing--i cant get the bike registered until i get this lite working--what am i doing wrong--

 

[jdsbusa]

You're shorting it out or overloading that circuit - get a voltmeter/tester and make sure you've got the right wires and aren't crimping them together thus shorting them out. What kind of light is it you're installing?

 

[dacrownedprince]

just the basic bolt light--i think i found my problem but i wont know until i get home from work--i was using the brown wire as my hot wire because that appeared to be the original license plate wire--but i just saw a thread that listed the black/white tracer as my ground and the ehite/black tracer as my hot wire so ima try that--but heres a pic of the lites im using

 

[dacrownedprince]

ok got it figured out--jus switched the ground to a screw versus a ground wire