Licence plate lights not working

[TheSaint]

i just went to test out an led in my licence plate lights and found that they dont work all together

when are they suppose to come on? i tried turning my lights on and off, braking, trying the same with the car on and off and nothing

the led bulb at least is working so i know its not the bulbs ... and ideas on how to fix this?

EG8 Civic Sedan btw

[kcokla]

obviously you've tested the bulbs, my guess is that when you put the led's in, the metal rods wernt touching the metal parts, re-check them.

other than that - your sure they were working before you tried to change them?

[grifty]

also test to see if there is any power going to the terminals with a digital mulitmeter

[TheSaint]

cant be sure that they were working in the first place ... i dont think it was anything i did today... will try and borrow a multimeter tonight to test them

do they have their own fuse somewhere?

[flipfire]

Should come on when you turn on the parkers or headlights.

Did you try turning it over? The polarity has to be right with LED's

[TheSaint]

hrm didnt try changing the polarity .. maybe both of my stocks are blown and i need to put the led in using both ways

ill give it a shot wen i get home later and see if it helps