Reply With QuoteSteve,
I used a gizmo that requires you to double pump the high beam to turn on and pump the high beam to turn off, no extra switch required, no need to come back to the dash at all.
Rob
ChatterBox
Hi
As i am doing my blend motors soon I am thinking about wiring for spotlights.
Get a suspension lock switch (which I believe is the only non-momentary switch in the dash) and install it in the blank spot to the far right, hook into the high beam circuit and connect the switch to that and then to the spotlight relay.
My question is, is there an obvious spot to pick up the high beam circuit?
I am hoping to do it behind the light switch
Thanks
Steve
Master
Steve,
I used a gizmo that requires you to double pump the high beam to turn on and pump the high beam to turn off, no extra switch required, no need to come back to the dash at all.
Rob
AT REST
I rekon your best bet would be from the relay. Not sure how they do it in the workshops, but I could find out (got a mate who does that for a living).
Wizard
As Keith says, wire them through a relay so they come on with the main beam . Then run the earth from the relay through your switch. 86 on the relay is the + from the main beam Pick that up from the plug on the actual headlamp. 85 is the earth through your switch. You are then only running a thin earth wire through the firewall and switch to turn on the lamps
ChatterBox
Hi
Thanks for the info, I will investigate the double pump widget.
Picking up the 12v from the relay or the headlight makes it much easier to find than under the dash.
I was always going to use a relay to power the spots, and running just the earth back from the spotlight relay to the switch makes a lot of sense
Regards
Steve
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Ron B.
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2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
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Master
I thought that was a momentary switch though?Originally Posted by p38arover
Major part of the heart and soul of AULRO.comNo, it's a locking switch. Both Scouse and I have them operating our spotlights.
Ron B.
VK2OTC
2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever
ChatterBox
Hi Ron,
I read somewhere that the suspension lock switch was the only non-momentary dash switch, this is obviously wrong !
My initial thought was to re-purpose the rear foglight switch, but I was not sure if it had interlocks with the front foglight switch.
I shall dig a little more
Thanks
Steve
Master
The main beam indicator light behind the dash certainly has voltage when the beam is on, as does the headlamp switch itself if you could get to those (or the wires feeding them) and send that through a switch to your spot lamps relay it should do the job.
You could also run two cables from the new dash switch to the headlamp area near the battery and pick up the +12v directly from the wire feeding the main beam bulb on one wire, the other wire could then trigger the relay via the switch.
Another option is to manage without the dash switch and permanently wire the additional lights to operate with the main beam.
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