Spot Lights Again

[POPEYE]

Hi Mate, got em on, afew pics attached, Not sure if i prefer them with or without the grills, Bit of a sod to get the looms through into the engine bay,
I'ts like threading a stiff hosepipe, Worst of all though was the supposed
easy bit, Putting the plastic grills on, they are bl00dy tight, wireing should have enough protection, Each side has 3 x 3 strands with heat shrink sleveing
(doubled on the soldered joints) with a outer caseing of spiral wrap, Cant wait to get the bits to finish it off,
I'll check out Pops posts, Think i would prefer to do it using the four relay way
(i've gon relay mad), You wouldent believe the ammount of printing i've done
latley, Must have an acre of rain forest on my desk! Regards Ian

[BUSHWHACKER]

Flippin' eck! Eat more carrots if you can't see in the dark, it's cheaper!

They do look well smart though.

[POPEYE]

Flippin' eck! Eat more carrots if you can't see in the dark, it's cheaper!

They do look well smart though.

HeHe! Perhaps i need glasses, I'll certainly need new batterys,

[Chillitt]

you know what this means... from now on, you go first!

[BUSHWHACKER]

HeHe! Perhaps i need glasses, I'll certainly need new batterys,

Nah, just get one of them wind turbines and a mag mount for the roof of your truck. Don't forget to take it off before you drive into the garage though.

[POPEYE]

you know what this means... from now on, you go first!

Yeah!! Pathfinder truck, Call sign Blue leader! Tally ho chaps, I'll drop flares
along the way so you know where to dump your load,
So! Roof lights, Train air horns, and a wind turbine on top! Think i'll need a
taller garage, Ian














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[Medieval Dave]

Looking Good. I really like it. Couln't have that much money and effort bolted to the front of my truck though. I use my front bumper for finding the bollard at the end of hte parking space.

[POPEYE]

Looking Good. I really like it. Couln't have that much money and effort bolted to the front of my truck though. I use my front bumper for finding the bollard at the end of hte parking space.

AhAh Yeah i'll have to back in everywhere now! Ian

[POPEYE]

Hi Dave= HELP!, Its all going wrong, I've attached some pics if it helps, The drawing is how i've done it, I'll start with testing=
Red/yellow wire, Pos + to probe, clip to wire= test light on throughout range
of light stalk switch inc off, Conclusion - this is an earth?
Red/yellow wire, Clip to earth, probe to wire= No test light at all- (earth?),

Red/green wire, Pos to probe, clip to wire= Test light on all except when
hi beam is switched on,
Red/green wire, Clip to earth, probe to wire= Test light only on when hi beam
is switched on, Conclusion- This is live (on hi beam) and earthed on other
positions?,
SO this happens when connected to Red/green-
Switch on hi beam (stalk) and hi beams come on as normal but no dash
warning light,
Switch No1 (spots) on and one pair spots come on but no switch indicator
light and no dash light,
Switch No2 on and second pair spots come on, still no switch or dash light
Switch No3 on and both pair spots go out but all three switch and dash lights
come on, Also with these switches (or any one of em) on all spots stay on
with side lights,

This happens when connected to Red/yellow,
Switch hi beam on- hi beams on as normal plus dash light is on,
Switch No1 on and one pair spots come on,
" " 2 on and second pair " "
" " 3 on and third pair " "
But no switch indicator lights and spots stay on with side lights,
A pic of the back of the switches didn't come out but as there the same as yours you know what they look like, i've looped the wire from Red/yellow or
Red/green to the centre switch terminals, Then taken wires from the top
(switched) terminal to the three relays, I've then looped an earth wire to all the bottom (earth) terminals and through to the chassi, Just thought prehaps
i should have connected each of these to the top terminal? Looking at the switches were only dealing with the three red ones, From right to left they
are 1 (green) led angel eyes,
2 (red ) pair spots
3 " " "
4 " " "
5&6 roof lights (later)
7 fog lights (later)
Supply for relays is from the conn between o/s battery and fuse box, Which
is live with the side lights, this also supplys No1 switch (leds) and is through
a 5amp fuse (till i get a three amp), The rest you can probably see from the
pics,
Hoping you can see something i cant, Perhaps i'm pos switched after all?
Short of dumping the hi beam idea and wireing em the normal way i cant see
whats wrong, I've been Łucking around with it for two days now and am
close to doing a basil fawlty to the sonofabithcing thing, Just before i threw
in the towel for the day one of the leds has packed up as well Grrrrrr,
Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have, Regards Ian

[POPEYE]

The scanned pic of drawing wont post so heres a photo of it, Hope you can
make it out. Ian
Whoops! You'll notice my first big Łuck up, Took this pic yesterday before i
realised, As you can see i looped the switched side of the switches as well and ran one wire to the relays and looped them as well (wondered why all
the spots came on whichever switch was used ) i've since changed that and
run three wires, apart from that the scanned drawing is the same, Pity it
would'nt load.

[mud skipper]

Ian
send us all your lights and bits, i will sort them out for you and i will install them onto my truck for testing. then i will return them to you in ...................lets say a couple of years(fully tested)




sounds like you got your negative applied switching mixed up with pos applied switching, i cannt understand why somethings use neg applied and outhers use pos applied
intruder alarms usually are negative applied to make a circuit ie 12v possitive is to the point at all times
confuses me when you haveto add to a system
good luck
john

[POPEYE]

Ian
send us all your lights and bits, i will sort them out for you and i will install them onto my truck for testing. then i will return them to you in ...................lets say a couple of years(fully tested)




sounds like you got your negative applied switching mixed up with pos applied switching, i cannt understand why somethings use neg applied and outhers use pos applied
intruder alarms usually are negative applied to make a circuit ie 12v possitive is to the point at all times
confuses me when you haveto add to a system
good luck
john

Hi Mate, Much more of this $hite and you can have em, It's doing me head in,
Somethings mixed up alright, Gotta be earthing, Hoping dave will have some ideas, Cheers John

[mud skipper]

Hi Mate, Much more of this $hite and you can have em, It's doing me head in,
Somethings mixed up alright, Gotta be earthing, Hoping dave will have some ideas, Cheers John

the worst bit is you just know it will be a silly little fault that as soon as you find it your going to kick yourself right into next year

happy new year
john

[POPEYE]

the worst bit is you just know it will be a silly little fault that as soon as you find it your going to kick yourself right into next year

happy new year
john

HeHe Yeah Myself or the truck, Hope it is something simple,
Happy New Year to you too,, Ian

[BUSHWHACKER]

Hi Dave= HELP!, Its all going wrong, I've attached some pics if it helps, The drawing is how i've done it, I'll start with testing=
Red/yellow wire, Pos + to probe, clip to wire= test light on throughout range
of light stalk switch inc off, Conclusion - this is an earth?
Red/yellow wire, Clip to earth, probe to wire= No test light at all- (earth?),

Red/green wire, Pos to probe, clip to wire= Test light on all except when
hi beam is switched on,
Red/green wire, Clip to earth, probe to wire= Test light only on when hi beam
is switched on, Conclusion- This is live (on hi beam) and earthed on other
positions?,
SO this happens when connected to Red/green-
Switch on hi beam (stalk) and hi beams come on as normal but no dash
warning light,
Switch No1 (spots) on and one pair spots come on but no switch indicator
light and no dash light,
Switch No2 on and second pair spots come on, still no switch or dash light
Switch No3 on and both pair spots go out but all three switch and dash lights
come on, Also with these switches (or any one of em) on all spots stay on
with side lights,

This happens when connected to Red/yellow,
Switch hi beam on- hi beams on as normal plus dash light is on,
Switch No1 on and one pair spots come on,
" " 2 on and second pair " "
" " 3 on and third pair " "
But no switch indicator lights and spots stay on with side lights,
A pic of the back of the switches didn't come out but as there the same as yours you know what they look like, i've looped the wire from Red/yellow or
Red/green to the centre switch terminals, Then taken wires from the top
(switched) terminal to the three relays, I've then looped an earth wire to all the bottom (earth) terminals and through to the chassi, Just thought prehaps
i should have connected each of these to the top terminal? Looking at the switches were only dealing with the three red ones, From right to left they
are 1 (green) led angel eyes,
2 (red ) pair spots
3 " " "
4 " " "
5&6 roof lights (later)
7 fog lights (later)
Supply for relays is from the conn between o/s battery and fuse box, Which
is live with the side lights, this also supplys No1 switch (leds) and is through
a 5amp fuse (till i get a three amp), The rest you can probably see from the
pics,
Hoping you can see something i cant, Perhaps i'm pos switched after all?
Short of dumping the hi beam idea and wireing em the normal way i cant see
whats wrong, I've been Łucking around with it for two days now and am
close to doing a basil fawlty to the sonofabithcing thing, Just before i threw
in the towel for the day one of the leds has packed up as well Grrrrrr,
Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have, Regards Ian

Looking a bit starship Enterprise there Ian!