| Author | Message | ||
     Bigkuri |
You'll have to bear with me as I'm not that great with electrics - learning... I'm mounting some aux lights (from Walmart). I've already run a "master power" cable fused from the battery which ends in several spade&bucket type connectors under the cowl. So far this cable powers a Stebel horn. I'm intending to put this power into a relay, and am wondering how to handle splicing into the dip light. I was planning on cutting the dip light cable within the front cowl, and splitting it off to a) the headlight, same as always, and b) the relay. I have no need for a switch for the aux lights. Was going to run them all the time? If I do put in a switch, is it correct that this is simply between the relay and the aux lights? Hope that this makes sense - like I said, I'm an electrical noobie.... | ||
| Mikej |
Not sure what you mean by dip light, I assume you mean the passing light trigger switch, or do you mean the high/low beam switch? On my 2000 M2 I mounted aux lights with a relay and double-back foam taped the aux light switch to the control housing on the handlebar (currently stuck to the clutch side, planning to restick it on the brake side). If I want the aux lights on I just hit the switch, the switch is lighted and shows one color when on and a different color when off, red/green. This way I still have the headlight high/low beam switch to use normally and can use the aux lights when I want or feel the need to. I'd probably avoid tapping into this dip switch since you say you already have power up front for the aux lights. The only other thing I might do would be to put a fuse into the aux light circuit somewhere. Hope this helps or at least partly answers your question in some way. | ||
| Bombardier |
I have been told that the switching current is less than the operating current so my guess would be to put the switch between the the power and the relay. | ||
| Bigkuri |
Thanks guys, - I mean the low beam. - Between the power and the relay is interesting. I would not have considered that. | ||
| Metalstorm |
If they're to be run all the time you might want use the ign wire to power the relay because if you use the low beam wire the aux lights will switch off when you go to high beam. I ran my fog lights using a relay, and a on/off/on switch and the ign and high beam wires. I now have three modes, Always on (regardless of which headlight is on), always off and on only when the high beam is on. | ||
| Bigkuri |
Cheers Metalstorm. I've modified the wires in the left hand control so that both beams are on when on high beam. I think that I will include a switch, mainly as in the summer I won't use them much at all, so may as well switch em off. |
