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rear spotlight
« on: October 05, 2009, 21:04:22 »
seeing winter is nearly here i thought i would have a go at wiring 2 spotligts to the back of my disco is it possible to wire them to the reverse light . and is there a cant seem to find a diagram on the internet for it any ideas henry :help:

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Re: rear spotlight
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2009, 22:28:49 »
There used to be a diagram in the workshop articles section explaining how to wire a relay. somebody will probbbaly post after me explaining what to do as i can never remember which goes where and i cant find the piece of paper with it written on. PM solihull mick and he will explain it perfectly for you. There aint much he dont know about landrovers
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Re: rear spotlight
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2009, 23:18:12 »
I did used to have a pair of worklights on the back switched from a 2way and off switch so that I could select them to work with the reverse lights or control them manually but the worklight I have now is just switched manually on the dash. There are some legalities with regards to the wattage and number of lamps for reversing - I think, going from memory that they could be no more than 21W so a 55W spotlight was a bit questionable!
If you want to wire it up you need to run a fused feed to the back end (you could probably use the accessory feed for the aux tow socket if you don't use it for towing) to a relay and break into the reverse light feed to switch the coil on the relay - plenty of wiring diagrams on the net for how to wire up a relay, pin numbers etc.
Might be an idea to fit a switch so you can turn it off just on the off chance you're reversing out of a parking space in front of a copper who knows his stuff  :lol:
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Re: rear spotlight
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2009, 12:37:52 »
I did my advanceddriving test and the police driver that took me said mine were fine to use at night but to have them off during the day. Same as the spots on the front. He said anything that improves your vision improves safty but it must not impair others.

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