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Reggieroo:
Well Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all had a good day.

My wonderful fiancee bought me a light bar complete with lights which I can't wait to fit, just need some advise on a few things.

What I want to know is how people have connected up the lights etc, I was thinking of connecting them to the main beam or are they normally on a separate switch. Are you even allowed to have that many lights on the main beam?
Will they blow fuses etc & how do I wire them in? Also where is the best place to route the wires as not to cause any leaks?

I'm no expert on electrics & I don't really like the thought of messing with the wiring, I even managed to kill of my battery last year just by putting in a new stereo  :roll:

Range Rover Blues:
Wire them in pairs or singly to a relay in the engine bay.  You can use one earth if it's big enough.

run the wires into the door shut then secure them.  You can then run the wires under the deck panel to the engine bay.

RRC had main beam driving lights on a switch in the dash, each set of headlihts is wired along the inner wing so you can pick up a feed that runs back to the switch, or to the main beam direct.  They are all blue wires with a coloured trace, blue red and blue white are dip and main.

The law allows 6 lamps on at any one time.

hairyasswelder:
As said wire through a couple of relays, if you do a search you will find a couple of wiring diagrams.
I have mine wired so they come on with main beam, but also through a switch so they can be turned off  ;)
I also have 2 wipacs on the 'A' bar so tend not to use the roof lights for general use cause they can reflect off the bonnet and annoy.
Always best to have the option to switch things off in my opinion  ;)

Steve

anaxemurderer:
Hello - Happy Christmas

RRB ive never heard that definition of the law? Not that i doubt you, as ive never seen proof either way. As i understood it your not allowed lights lights on dip beam over 1.2m (this might be wrong height) and they must project to a certain max level (which is part of mot check). On mainbeam you can have anything but lights over 1.2m must be optional (ie on switches so they can be turned off). There is also a watt limit which i believe is 110watt per bulb? I have to admit i may be wrong!

Anyhow definately wire them up over ride switches as hairyass says! Also i sometimes wish i had the ability to turn them on without the main headlights. Quite useful offroad at night when other vehicles are around (less dazzling but helps to light up the vehicles wings).

And definatley use relays (running direct through mainbeam will overload), just use mainbeam to operate the switches etc.

Nick

hairyasswelder:
Try this http://www.devon4x4.com/wiring-diagrams/view-category.html its off devon 4x4 and been suggested on here before  ;)

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