Majestic
1st November 2014, 10:41 AM
Hey all,
Living out in the sticks a bit, I am constantly using my lights and forgetting to turn them off. I blame my wife's R31 TI as it has a buzzer to tell me to turn them off and my GQ doesn't. Anyway so I have decided to install some Day Light Running lights, saves the hassle of using the headlights at day altogether. I don't want anything too big or glaring to impact on other drivers they are after all just there to make me a little easier to see. I also want some that are easy to install and doesn't require too much alteration to my bullbar and since I read somewhere you can't have protrusions on your bar the average ones with a bracket won't do. Plus I don't want to cut huge holes into my bullbar to fit those larger ones.
So I have decided to go for some 10W eagle eye LED lights from China. Ebay 10W eagle eye lights link (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10W-12V-LED-Eagle-Eye-Daytime-Running-DRL-Tail-Backup-Car-Motor-4-Color-Light-/271635485650?pt=AU_Lighting_Fans&var=&hash=item3f3ebc93d2)
They are clearly under the 25W and are available in white and yellow that are required by law. They can also be fitted easily with just a hole drilled into the bullbar.
I looked up the regulations, found this a few times on several google searches. I just want to double check it's accurate:
67 Daytime running lights
(1) A pair of daytime running lights may be fitted to a motor
vehicle.
(2) A pair of daytime running lights fitted to a motor vehicle with
4 or more wheels must be fitted with the centre of each light—
(a) at least 600mm from the centre of the other light; and
(b) not over 510mm from the nearer side of the vehicle.
(3) However, a pair of daytime running lights fitted to a motor
vehicle under 1300mm wide may be fitted with the centre of
each light not under 400mm from the centre of the other light.
(4) When on, a daytime running light must—
(a) show a white or yellow light visible from the front of the
vehicle; and
(b) not use over 25W.
(5) Daytime running lights must be wired so they are off when a
headlight, other than a headlight being used as a flashing
signal, is on.
(6) For subsection (3), the width of a motor vehicle is measured
disregarding any anti-skid device mounted on wheels, central
tyre inflation systems, lights, mirrors, reflectors, signalling
devices and tyre pressure gauges.
Also not being that cluey in electrical work, can someone confirm or deny that this is the correct way to wire them up?
Wire it up like so with a 5 pin relay:
(30) 12v main: Accessory wire (spliced into cigarette lighter)
(85) Earth: Car Chassis
(87A) Load on NC circuit: Wired down to DRLs positive
(87) Load on NO Circuit: Not used
(86) Switch Wire: For this I spliced into the blue wire leading to the driver side park lamp.
With this setup, whenever the ACC power is on, the DRLs operate. When the headlights/parkers come on, the circuit gets broken, so the DRLs turn off.
^ If this is correct any other easy options other than to wire it into the cig lighter or stereo? I have my UHF wired into the stereo and I plan to install some usb and an addition cig lighter socket at a later date that I plan to come off the original cig lighter socket wires. So I don't want to put too much onto it if I can avoid it.
I do however have a few additional questions.
With these do I need a relay? I would prefer to use one just for peace of mind. Also what size inline fuse should I use? Should I use one?
Considering they are only small and only 10W would I legally be able to use two per side, a total of four? I am assuming that the 25W is per light/side so if I did use two (one above the other) they would only be 20W each side. If I can and do this, can I wire all four to a single relay like I would if it was a pair of driving lights? Is it worth bothering with 2 per side at all?
Thanks for any advice and help you guys could offer me. Overall I want this safe and legal.
Living out in the sticks a bit, I am constantly using my lights and forgetting to turn them off. I blame my wife's R31 TI as it has a buzzer to tell me to turn them off and my GQ doesn't. Anyway so I have decided to install some Day Light Running lights, saves the hassle of using the headlights at day altogether. I don't want anything too big or glaring to impact on other drivers they are after all just there to make me a little easier to see. I also want some that are easy to install and doesn't require too much alteration to my bullbar and since I read somewhere you can't have protrusions on your bar the average ones with a bracket won't do. Plus I don't want to cut huge holes into my bullbar to fit those larger ones.
So I have decided to go for some 10W eagle eye LED lights from China. Ebay 10W eagle eye lights link (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10W-12V-LED-Eagle-Eye-Daytime-Running-DRL-Tail-Backup-Car-Motor-4-Color-Light-/271635485650?pt=AU_Lighting_Fans&var=&hash=item3f3ebc93d2)
They are clearly under the 25W and are available in white and yellow that are required by law. They can also be fitted easily with just a hole drilled into the bullbar.
I looked up the regulations, found this a few times on several google searches. I just want to double check it's accurate:
67 Daytime running lights
(1) A pair of daytime running lights may be fitted to a motor
vehicle.
(2) A pair of daytime running lights fitted to a motor vehicle with
4 or more wheels must be fitted with the centre of each light—
(a) at least 600mm from the centre of the other light; and
(b) not over 510mm from the nearer side of the vehicle.
(3) However, a pair of daytime running lights fitted to a motor
vehicle under 1300mm wide may be fitted with the centre of
each light not under 400mm from the centre of the other light.
(4) When on, a daytime running light must—
(a) show a white or yellow light visible from the front of the
vehicle; and
(b) not use over 25W.
(5) Daytime running lights must be wired so they are off when a
headlight, other than a headlight being used as a flashing
signal, is on.
(6) For subsection (3), the width of a motor vehicle is measured
disregarding any anti-skid device mounted on wheels, central
tyre inflation systems, lights, mirrors, reflectors, signalling
devices and tyre pressure gauges.
Also not being that cluey in electrical work, can someone confirm or deny that this is the correct way to wire them up?
Wire it up like so with a 5 pin relay:
(30) 12v main: Accessory wire (spliced into cigarette lighter)
(85) Earth: Car Chassis
(87A) Load on NC circuit: Wired down to DRLs positive
(87) Load on NO Circuit: Not used
(86) Switch Wire: For this I spliced into the blue wire leading to the driver side park lamp.
With this setup, whenever the ACC power is on, the DRLs operate. When the headlights/parkers come on, the circuit gets broken, so the DRLs turn off.
^ If this is correct any other easy options other than to wire it into the cig lighter or stereo? I have my UHF wired into the stereo and I plan to install some usb and an addition cig lighter socket at a later date that I plan to come off the original cig lighter socket wires. So I don't want to put too much onto it if I can avoid it.
I do however have a few additional questions.
With these do I need a relay? I would prefer to use one just for peace of mind. Also what size inline fuse should I use? Should I use one?
Considering they are only small and only 10W would I legally be able to use two per side, a total of four? I am assuming that the 25W is per light/side so if I did use two (one above the other) they would only be 20W each side. If I can and do this, can I wire all four to a single relay like I would if it was a pair of driving lights? Is it worth bothering with 2 per side at all?
Thanks for any advice and help you guys could offer me. Overall I want this safe and legal.