Highbeam switch

[ScienceVR6]

I need to find out what wire comes out of the switch to the headlights. I'm wireing in some driving lights (spot lights) and need power to the relay, from the switch.

Any help on what wire to use in the car would be great.

[h100vw]

White or white/black is the high beam, yellow or yellow/black is the low beam.

Would be easier to relay it under the bonnet closer to the battery

Gavin

[ScienceVR6]

there is a relay under the bonnet, but the lights are only aloud to work while the high beam is on, so i have to take power from the high beams to turn the lights on.

[h100vw]

there is a relay under the bonnet, but the lights are only aloud to work while the high beam is on, so i have to take power from the high beams to turn the lights on.

Yeah so save on some wire length and pick up the control off the back of one of the headlights.

Gavin

[mk3pete]

use the original pull out fog switch. that is your normal light switch just pull it out thats wat i did to mine, pull the unit out and find out which connection goes where

[ScienceVR6]

use the original pull out fog switch. that is your normal light switch just pull it out thats wat i did to mine, pull the unit out and find out which connection goes where

mine are sopt lights, not fogs, they can only be on when the highbeamis on.

As for using less wire, how?

instead of the wire leaving the headlight swich, into my spotlight swich, through the firewall, into a relay, to earth (All a straight line) Then from battery through relay, to light to earth,
It could be from headlight, through the fire wall, to the switch, back through the fire wall, to the realy, to earth, Then, from the battery, through the relay, to the lights, to earth.

[h100vw]

There would be less wire as it's all under the bonnet.

Power from the battery to the relay and then the lights. Local earths for the lights.

Trigger for the relay off the closest headlight, local earth. Saves going through the firewall twice.

I don't see a need for having another switch to interrupt the switching of the relay.

Gavin

[ScienceVR6]

There would be less wire as it's all under the bonnet.

Power from the battery to the relay and then the lights. Local earths for the lights.

Trigger for the relay off the closest headlight, local earth. Saves going through the firewall twice.

I don't see a need for having another switch to interrupt the switching of the relay.

Gavin

except for the fact that legaly, i have to have a switch?

[h100vw]

except for the fact that legaly, i have to have a switch?

I didn't know that.

Gavin