Rear work lights on a GQ

[the ferret]

That's the fuse-poppin' way


[Tapatalk2 on Nexus7]

X 2 on that one, you need to pick up the "cold" wire on the reverse switch and activate the relay with that wire, unless you are using LEDs
Otherwise "meltdown".
Darn, where's Yendor when ya need him lol??
Cheers, the ferret

[Yendor]

Thanks for the suggestions Ferret, great products mate, I already have led lights though and they are bolted to the roof rack all I need is some wiring advice for two switches

Run a battery feed to both switches. Run a wire from terminal 86 of the relay and connect to both switches.

The rest of the connections at the relay are

Terminal 85 of the relay connect to earth
Terminal 30 of the relay connect to battery via a fuse
Terminal 87 of the relay connect to the work lights

You will also need to run an earth wire to your work lights.

The above set up will enable you to turn the lights on and off from the front switch and on and off from the rear switch.

You will not be able to turn the lights on from the front switch and then turn them off from the rear switch. If you want to do this you will need to use on-on switches instead of on-off switches (wiring is also different).

http://db.hella.com.au/cgi-bin/catal...ew&flmaint=243

[Trolatron]

This is what I did and have found it to be usefull on a few occasions .
I can turn lights on from the back door then turn them off from switch on dash and vice versa.
I can also choose to have one or two lights on or no lights ( good for back at camp when two lights are to much )
They are also hooked to reverse lights which is on its own on/off switch too.

Link to Post on here http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...31-Duel-switch

This pic is for duel swithes only.


This pic incorporates a switch for 1 or 2 or no lights

[Trolatron]

Actually the battery feed should go to switch 2 not 3.
Switch 3 is on small rear door.

[MudRunnerTD]

Run a fused hot wire from your second battery to the back to supply the power to the lights. Connect this to a relay circuit.

On the switching side of the relay piggy back as many switching circuits as you like now. Drag 1 from your reverse circuit and it will turn on automatically when engaging reverse. Run a wire up to the front and put a switch into positive in the dash and you can switch it on and off at will. Run a 3rd to a switch as the back and you can turn it on there now too. All you are doing though is switching the relay regardless and your light should go through a relay Anyway

Note that setting it up like this will mean though that when ever you turn the light on your reverse lights come on too which is fine.

Easy as mate!

Have fun

[MudRunnerTD]

Hahahaha on my iPhone and you got a heap of response at once or I missed that there was a second page. What Yendor wrote is what I described

[threedogs]

I don't require additional reverse lights. All I did was install 4 x 120smd led globes in the dummy lights, its like day light.
I will however be fitting a 7" light bar some time in the future as a work light.