Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hi all I will be wiring in a pair of spots to be there as and when I wnat them on main beam My thought are that I have at the moment Dip and Main beam My plans are to have Dip and Main beam, but on main beam to have the option of either Main beam only, or Main beam plus spots on. Having thought about this I thought the way to do this was to wire up the main feed to the spots through a relay, using the relay feed wire from the feed to the main beam, but to have this wire to the spots relay feed wired through a switch ie On / Off To opperate the spots I would have to power the relat wire by switching on the Spots switch, then when I selected main beam the spots would then come off, and dip when the main beamed dipped, with the Spots relay feed switched off I would just have dip main, the main power to the spots would be seperate cables from the power side of the relays. So my questions are Is this the best way to do it ? what other ways are there ? If this is a decent route does anyone know where the relay feed wire for main beam is and what the colur iof is is so I can tie into it ? Ta Muchly Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 that sounds ok to me, put a switch in the feed wire to the relay, same kind of setup as fog lamps, then you can choose if you want to have the spots illuminate with main beam or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Yup, sounds ok. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Ok then unless anyone disagrees (fine if you have alternatives I am the electrical eqiv of forest Gump ) ....any idea where I find the wire / what colour is is pleeeease ? Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I wired my spots on the foglight switch, because I dont have a foglight. This gives me the spots only with main beam. daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 i quote; When th ecolumn switch is moved to the main beam position, current is supplied to fuse 13 and fuse 14 of the passenger compartment fuse box. Both are connected by blue/white wires. Purple wire is for the flash function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Personally Nige I would do it this way . High beam should be Blue/white wire IIRC. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Nige, as per the diagram above [originally drawn by LandymanLuke IIRC] wired mine similar but without the override switch, so mine are additional to main beam & go off when main is dipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Yep is landymanluke's diagram forgot to credit him. . Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Personally Nige I would do it this way . High beam should be Blue/white wire IIRC. Pete. I fink the above iz wot I was trying to say (Badly) in my opening post ? I fink But ta muchly esp for teh wire colourings Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Damn Nige, you made that sound about 100x harder than it is Just to confuse you, I'd do this: Gives you the option of having the fogs on without main beam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Damn Nige, you made that sound about 100x harder than it is Er No, its electricikery - is is 100x harder than it F looks I am also hoping that I don't loose any of the special interior wiring harness smoke when I do this .....often I do seem to Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarv Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I've just done this on mine, with a pair of Hella 500 driving lights FWIW I took the 'main beam feed' (to use the terminology above) by tapping the wire (BLUE/WHITE) to the main beam indicator lamp on the console. This avoids having to run a wire back from the actual highbeam lamps. Dropped that down to a switch mounted in the panel beside the hazard / fog, then ran the switched feed to a relay behind the centre dash panel (bear in mind mine's a mil truck with the centre mounted rotary light switch). There is a brown (+12) direct from the main fuse box there to which I plugged a fused line to the relay: This avoids having to run a wire right to the battery (there is also a spare - black - ground there for the other side of the relay coil) which keeps everything nice and neat. I then ran the relay output wire (the big blue one) down and through the main bulkhead plug alongside the rest of the loom, inside the inner wing, and out the corner of the grill where I split it to the lamps. I've put the dash back together now but let me know if you want me to explain better / snap more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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