Third break light stays on

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Kutthroat

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I swapped my acceories wiring harness in my 1995 c1500 so I can get power windows converted and in the afternoon my neighbor noticed my third break light was on has anyone had this happened I pulled the first fuse in the ip cluster to shut it off but now I'm curious what could be the problem
 

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The Center High Mounted Stop Light has its own power relay that is triggered from the signal in the brake light switch. If it doesn't go out, you either have power going to the control side of the relay, or power on the wire that powers the CHMSL. The schematic is from a 98, but should be somewhat similar. The highlighted portion is the control circuit from the main brake light circuit to the CHMSL relay.
 

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There are Foxtrot ing bears out there, was going to check it out, I thought that was the cargo lamp thingy>.
 

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The Center High Mounted Stop Light has its own power relay that is triggered from the signal in the brake light switch. If it doesn't go out, you either have power going to the control side of the relay, or power on the wire that powers the CHMSL. The schematic is from a 98, but should be somewhat similar. The highlighted portion is the control circuit from the main brake light circuit to the CHMSL relay.
Thanks for your help I'll have to look into it more but after pressing in the break and releasing it a couple times everything just returned to normal
 
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