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Got them fitted today but a bit baffled as to where to wire them up to as the Prodrive instructions don't cater for
1) Morettes
2) The fuse box being under the bonnet (the instructions all relate to the in car fuse box, where the Sigma keypad is now)
Can you help out please - we want to wire them up to the main beam only but have the overide facility the fog laight switch would provide i.e can turn them off if covers are fitted and main beam is on.
No relays or in line fuses supplied with the kit - will we need any
[Edited by Madman - 2/19/2002 10:37:21 PM]
Got them fitted today but a bit baffled as to where to wire them up to as the Prodrive instructions don't cater for
1) Morettes
2) The fuse box being under the bonnet (the instructions all relate to the in car fuse box, where the Sigma keypad is now)
Can you help out please - we want to wire them up to the main beam only but have the overide facility the fog laight switch would provide i.e can turn them off if covers are fitted and main beam is on.
No relays or in line fuses supplied with the kit - will we need any
[Edited by Madman - 2/19/2002 10:37:21 PM]
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You WILL need a heavy duty relay. Preferably a PIAA one, but a towing/caravan type one will do - try a bigger Halfords etc.
This will probably have an internal fuse, but if not splice in an in-line 25a fuse holder into the battery feed (positive).
Take the live feed direct from the battery to the correct connection on the relay.
The earth return from the lamps should preferably go to the battery negative terminal.
The feed output wire from the relay goes to the lamps.
The relay trigger wire should go to the yellow wire out of the headlamp main beam connection on the back of the bulb holder.
If you are wiring via the fog lamp switch then you will have to run the trigger via the switch (sorry, I don't know the connections because I don't wire mine via the switch, but check with Chiark in the ICE forum because he was doing this recently).
Make sure you use heavy duty wire because with 130w bulbs the lamps will draw 22 amps. Also make sure all earth connections are made to bare metal.
Enjoy! - and post again if any further glitches
This will probably have an internal fuse, but if not splice in an in-line 25a fuse holder into the battery feed (positive).
Take the live feed direct from the battery to the correct connection on the relay.
The earth return from the lamps should preferably go to the battery negative terminal.
The feed output wire from the relay goes to the lamps.
The relay trigger wire should go to the yellow wire out of the headlamp main beam connection on the back of the bulb holder.
If you are wiring via the fog lamp switch then you will have to run the trigger via the switch (sorry, I don't know the connections because I don't wire mine via the switch, but check with Chiark in the ICE forum because he was doing this recently).
Make sure you use heavy duty wire because with 130w bulbs the lamps will draw 22 amps. Also make sure all earth connections are made to bare metal.
Enjoy! - and post again if any further glitches
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