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16th July 2017, 11:57 PM
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Driving Light Wiring
Hi again all,
I'd like to hook up 3 Narva Ultima 175's to the same switch. Before I splash my cash, I want to know if it can be done and how tedious it would be to do.
A clean wiring diagram or general help would be much appreciated from anyone who knows anything about this.
Cheers guys.
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16th July 2017 11:57 PM
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17th July 2017, 07:12 AM
#2
SUCH IS LIFE
Driving Light Wiring
Originally Posted by
93TB42
Hi again all,
I'd like to hook up 3 Narva Ultima 175's to the same switch. Before I splash my cash, I want to know if it can be done and how tedious it would be to do.
A clean wiring diagram or general help would be much appreciated from anyone who knows anything about this.
Cheers guys.
I used a wiring harness from eBay. All wired up with relay, fuse and switch. Just plug and play pretty much. Comes with instructions.
Mine was $10 for 40amp kit.
You can ones with carling switch as well
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Last edited by Maxhead; 17th July 2017 at 07:20 AM.
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17th July 2017, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by
Maxhead
I used a wiring harness from eBay. All wired up with relay, fuse and switch. Just plug and play pretty much. Comes with instructions.
Mine was $10 for 40amp kit.
You can ones with carling switch as well
Whats the quality like? had any issues?
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17th July 2017, 07:43 AM
#4
SUCH IS LIFE
Originally Posted by
93TB42
Whats the quality like? had any issues?
Quality seems OK, time will tell as I only just installed it.
All joints were soldered and heat shrunk, the battery terminal ends were a bit small and cheap looking but the rest looked good.
I'm sure there are better ones then the $10 jobbie I got but no way you could make one for that much...lol
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17th July 2017, 08:08 AM
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Our Vendor "Lights" sells pre-made looms. They really do make them a Plug and Play job. If your just starting out and have no real idea then i'd point you at a premed loom too to be honest. I had tolerant the hard way as there was no such thing as a Pre-made then but if there was i probably would have done that.
To answer your other question about your fog lights going to the same switch? yes they can but why do you want to do that? aren't they for 2 different applications? Lets face it your ignition is 1 Switch that turns on your whole car so a single switch is easily managed but you need to be clear on what you want it to do and that will determine how best to wire it up.
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17th July 2017, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by
MudRunnerTD
To answer your other question about your fog lights going to the same switch? yes they can but why do you want to do that? aren't they for 2 different applications? Lets face it your ignition is 1 Switch that turns on your whole car so a single switch is easily managed but you need to be clear on what you want it to do and that will determine how best to wire it up.
No sorry, I don't want to wire the fog lights to the same switch, I want to wire 3 of the same spotties to the one switch, and preferably the same relay, but if I can't run them through the same relay that's not a big issues. I really just want the 3 spotties into the one circuit. I've only been able to find pre-made looms for up to 2 lights, hence why I'm looking to make my own.
Cheers all
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17th July 2017, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by
93TB42
Hi again all,
I'd like to hook up 3 Narva Ultima 175's to the same switch. Before I splash my cash, I want to know if it can be done and how tedious it would be to do.
A clean wiring diagram or general help would be much appreciated from anyone who knows anything about this.
Cheers guys.
Should not be a problem hooking up 3 lights to the same relay as long as the relay & wiring can handle the amps. Would suggest a 40 amp relay & 15 amp wiring to each light from the relay. Each light will draw around 8.3 amps (watts(100) divided by volts(12) = amps). The wire from the relay to the switch does not have to be as heavy as it only supplies switching power to the relay.
You would need at least a 30 amp wire & fuse from the battery to the relay as the lights would be drawing 25 amps in total.
Last edited by VK2FMIA; 17th July 2017 at 11:27 AM.
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