Thread: Traxide headlight upgrade and spot lights into D2

Originally Posted by CraigE

Has anyone fitted a traxide headlight upgrade and spotlight set up with 2 x New Era dual relays into a D2? My son had a similar set up in his D2 when we got it but not connected. We hooked it up and thought it was ok until it melted the relay after failing on one side. Not knowing that while it did run the spotties it dropped out the drivers side highbeam, low beam worked ok. So I removed mine from the Defender and fitted it and it did exactly the same thing. I am a bit lost, is this because the D2 has a headlight relay? So thought ok will use one of the dual relays just to run the spotties and no would not work, went back to single relays and everything is fine. Am I missing something. I thought it was wired up ok but maybe not. Had 2 lights out, high beam link in between, power middle on other side and switch cables into others? Works fine in the Defender.

I have fitted 2x 9inch spots and a lightbar to a D2a with separate switches and relays without Any dramas.
I use 40a relays on each light

Originally Posted by trout1105

I have fitted 2x 9inch spots and a lightbar to a D2a with separate switches and relays without Any dramas.
I use 40a relays on each light

Yeah now fitted with separate single relays and 30amp in line fuses and all good. Was trying to use dual relays and same set up as in the Defender.

How does the dual relay run the headlights and spotties? Surely the dual relay is at capacity just doing low beams and high beams for the headlights? So a third relay is required for the spotties (noting that I believe under every states regs they’re required to have an independent on/off switch beyond just high beam trigger). I'm assuming that your not trying something dodgy like throwing the high beam and potties on a single relay, and/or running all the current to the spotties through an on/off switch, rather than just the trigger.

For what it’s worth, I run the dual relay for the headlights on my D2a to take the load off the headlight switch.

Hi Cragg, the relays and wiring circuits, are protected by 30 amp fuses, and both high beams have a common connection.

For one light to fail and not the other, you have a wiring issue.

You need to check all wiring because you may not have fixed the problem but by increasing the fuse size for the circuit, you may still have the potential of another melt down and this could be worse than the first.

My D2a has separate fuses for the left and right headlights so it is possible to have one headlight out and the other still working due to a blown fuse.
However fitting a higher rated fuse than is specified to ANY electrical circuit instead of finding out Why the fuse blew in the first place is just Begging for trouble.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

How does the dual relay run the headlights and spotties? Surely the dual relay is at capacity just doing low beams and high beams for the headlights? So a third relay is required for the spotties.

Hi twr, first off, even if the standard globs were replaced with high wattage globs ( which the kit is designed to allow for ), the total current draw for the two high beams will be no more than 15 amps.

The driving lights are powered by a separate relay setup.

So the wiring and 30 amp fuses are more than adiquate and safe.

The fact there was a meltdown indicates a wiring “error”

Cragg, if you have the time, give me a call over the weekend, and we can check out the wiring, step by step. This needs to be sorted, to eliminate the possibility of a fire occurring.