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kiteman0:

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Regards
wizard
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thanks for that,i've brought a relay,wire,inline fuse,connecters.i'll give it ago tommorrow

Disco Matt:
The fun part, in my experience, was wiring the actual lights together. My bar came with four Wipac work lights, each of which were pre-wired. I did consider trying to rewire them but the 27 amp cable wouldn't fit through the holes in the light housing (especially as there'd have been two cables coming in and two going out, to wire them in parallel). In the end I was forced to build a power bus using 27a cable with the live and earth wires from each light spliced in appropriately (all joints soldered - I would never use scotchlocks on something drawing this many amps) and wrapped in copious amounts of insulation tape.

Ja1983:
.....2 words to bring out much confusion...

legal issues

...fogs must only be able to be switched on with sidelights, and mounted less then 1200mm from ground

...spots must only come on with main beam.


this is my understanding of it, and i could well be wrong, no-one wants to say either way what you can and cant have... perhaps this should be a sticky in the modified vehicles section??

anyway, my next lights will be another set of spots on the winch bumper, and two William Anchor ( :wink: ) lights on the back for hunting saxo`s, tailgaters... and for reversing/rear working purposes...

help?

NB the MOT man asked if they were wired up "oh no, they are just for show!"

"...that will do for me"  :wink:

Landynuts:

--- Quote from: "Disco Matt" ---The fun part, in my experience, was wiring the actual lights together. My bar came with four Wipac work lights, each of which were pre-wired. I did consider trying to rewire them but the 27 amp cable wouldn't fit through the holes in the light housing (especially as there'd have been two cables coming in and two going out, to wire them in parallel). In the end I was forced to build a power bus using 27a cable with the live and earth wires from each light spliced in appropriately (all joints soldered - I would never use scotchlocks on something drawing this many amps) and wrapped in copious amounts of insulation tape.
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I wonder why you are using "27A" cable? If you are running 55W bulbs then max current is a little over 18A in the real world it is likely to me nearer 16A.

Disco Matt:

--- Quote from: "Landynuts" ---
--- Quote from: "Disco Matt" ---The fun part, in my experience, was wiring the actual lights together. My bar came with four Wipac work lights, each of which were pre-wired. I did consider trying to rewire them but the 27 amp cable wouldn't fit through the holes in the light housing (especially as there'd have been two cables coming in and two going out, to wire them in parallel). In the end I was forced to build a power bus using 27a cable with the live and earth wires from each light spliced in appropriately (all joints soldered - I would never use scotchlocks on something drawing this many amps) and wrapped in copious amounts of insulation tape.
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I wonder why you are using "27A" cable? If you are running 55W bulbs then max current is a little over 18A in the real world it is likely to me nearer 16A.
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I just tend to over-engineer these things to be on the safe side! It's not absurdly heavy cable and it gives a good safety margin over the 25A fuse.

Legality - What I have read elsewhere on here is that you are allowed up to six headlights, and as mentioned above spots must only be on with full beam. Mine can't be switched on without full beam so are fine from that angle.

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