Spotlight wiring help!!!

Pikey · Dec 12, 2008

Treworgey 90 said:
via the switch and a fuse!

Ay sorry I should have elaborated.

Take a live feed direct from battery to relay make sure their is an inline fuse fitted.

Wire spots to relay

Earth relay to chassis.

wire a permanent live to a switch in the dash and run 2nd wire from dash switch to relay t activate the relay.

Sean · Dec 12, 2008

might be a good idea to have one fuse per spot - and a bigun at that, 15A ish

Pikey · Dec 12, 2008

55w spot only draws 4.5amps approx. 100W only draws 8amp. 10 amp per spot is plenty. or 15amp for 55W and 20amp for100W if it's before the relay

The Mad Hat Man · Dec 12, 2008

yup - the fuse shud be related to the current being drawn.

Sean · Dec 12, 2008

says he's got a pair of 130w uns

Pikey · Dec 12, 2008

Sean said:
says he's got a pair of 130w uns

11amps per spot then

The Mad Hat Man · Dec 12, 2008

12.5 -preferred value.

Sean · Dec 12, 2008

10.8333333333 is yer gonna be fussy

Pikey · Dec 12, 2008

I bow to ure supperear nolidge

jmattley · Dec 12, 2008

Cheers guys, big help, now I know!

Can't wait to get all those wires routed through the bulkhead (sigh)

Pikey · Dec 12, 2008

Ya only need to route 1 wire through the Bulkhead and that's the one from the switch to relay.

jmattley · Dec 12, 2008

What about the supply feed to the switch, since I'm not having it wired to the sides or main beams, would I not just take it to the battery along with the relays live feed?

doobie · Dec 13, 2008

jmattley said:
What about the supply feed to the switch, since I'm not having it wired to the sides or main beams, would I not just take it to the battery along with the relays live feed?

why not take a live from the fuse box in the dash, that way you don't have loads of wires coming off the battery which has several pros/cons:

1. you'll not have to run loads of wire
2. you'll not look like a fud with a badly wired landy when someone else looks under the bonnet.
3. you'll not be able to leave your spots on accidentally when you get out of yer landy to be a fud somewhere else as they would go off when you take your key out of the ignition.

i tied my front spots into the full beam circuit as there is plenty of dickheads that drive about up here with spots on all the time. they'll dip their headlights but forget/don't realise/are dicks and leave the spots on. fannys!!

Pikey · Dec 13, 2008

jmattley said:
What about the supply feed to the switch, since I'm not having it wired to the sides or main beams, would I not just take it to the battery along with the relays live feed?

no need as it's only feeding the relay it can be taken from any live feed inside the vehicle.

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