ok electrical i know sod all about so could someone run me through in laymans terms how do i fit my new spots to my 3rd gen pleaseeeee
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Originally posted by slydogok electrical i know sod all about so could someone run me through in laymans terms how do i fit my new spots to my 3rd gen pleaseeeee
now i'm no auto-leccy but,
if your gonna leave 'em as 55watts you can do as follows....... just like wot i did....
use one of those little scotch lock thingies to clip one of the wires to the full beam live wire (found at the back of the headlight........ sorry i can't remember wot colour it was, someone on here will soon let ya know...). the other you need to earth, i used the screw that holds the screen wash / overflow bottles. i then covered the whole thing in heatshrink (which'll do 'till i find something better.......)
if you're gonna upgrade the bulbs, you'll need to put an in-line fuse and relay switch along the 'live' wire.
hope all that makes sense.........
have fun.
Planty
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the wiring isn't really man enough to run without a relay...
go from the headlamp to a switch
from switch to relay
from relay to GND to complete switch circuit
then +ve from battery to fuse
from fuse to relay
relay to lamp
lamp to GND (should earth through connection to car so the mounting point is a good place to GND)(unless the bumper is on rubber mounts!!)
go in motor factors and get yourself a "RING" easy wire kit.... they've got everything you need and full instructions (about a tenner.)nee nar nee nar, i'm a fire engine!
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Originally posted by markyWatch it as ive been told it will fail the MOT unless they are on a seperate switch
Not spots, fog lights yes (illuminated switch) have had a couple of cars with spots as standard and they all on the high beam switch.Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
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Spots dont have to be on a seperate switch
You use the feed to the headlamp highbeam to operate the relay and a new permanant feed via a inline fuse to run the lamps as follows
Scotchblock a wire from highbeam wire at headlamp and connect to terminal number 85 on relay
Connect terminal 86 to ground ( you can use the mounting screw for your relay )
Connect a 16 amp rated cable with an inline fuse ( 16amp ) from the battery to terminal 30 on relay ( if you use 16amp cable you can uprate lamps to 100w each )
Connect terminal 87 to your spotlights feed
Connect spot light ground to a good clean earth.
This way you dont overload the highbeam circuit on the truck
This also applies to any high load circuit you may wish to install
DanI NEED TO OFFROAD!
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Originally posted by DannoScotchblock a wire from highbeam wire at headlamp and connect to terminal number 85 on relay
Connect terminal 86 to ground ( you can use the mounting screw for your relay )
You need to take a 12V feed to terminal 85 - you can piggyback off terminal 30. Then take terminal 86 to a scotchlock on the R/Y wire on the back of a headlamp.Roger
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