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Spotlight relay wiring help

  • ne-crock
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05 Sep 2012 23:15 #47617 by ne-crock
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sorry to bump this thread up but,

i want to wire mine in with a switch to be able to have them sperate to my high beams,

dirtydogz i noticed you said your photo had a extra wire added,

but the photo doesnt work for me,

any chance you could pm me it?

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18 Dec 2017 13:34 - 18 Dec 2017 15:11 #187596 by Barry
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Can someone please explain this? I was just about to wire in two spotlights, and found the feed to the main beam lights are neutral-switched! I've put the spotlight relay in, and wired up:
85 to neutral (earth)
30 to permanent live
87 to spotlights
So where does 86 go?

30 and 87 is the switched part, and 85 and 86 is (usually) the coil part, but the neutral switching has me completely stumped.
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18 Dec 2017 16:16 #187602 by X8GGY
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18 Dec 2017 18:03 #187604 by Riccy
Replied by Riccy on topic Spotlight relay wiring help
86 needs to be a live by elimination

the coil needs a + and a - to work, what it switches is irrelevant as long as its within its current abilities (can switch on neg or pos as you want).

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20 Dec 2017 12:49 #187665 by Barry
Replied by Barry on topic Spotlight relay wiring help
Thanks, everyone. All done. Got some strange (to me) readings from my multimeter when trying to figure out the lamp wiring -
14 volts from two of them, and 1.5 from one (not zero) with mainbeams on. Anyways, just to make it crystal clear for anyone else:

Live
Fuse
30 AND 86 on relay
87 out to spotlights
85 spliced into mainbeam wire where it goes into 3-pin plug. It's the primarily red wire nearest to the wing on the driver's side.

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18 Feb 2019 21:01 #203421 by Teggy
Replied by Teggy on topic Spotlight relay wiring help

Barry wrote: Thanks, everyone. All done. Got some strange (to me) readings from my multimeter when trying to figure out the lamp wiring -
14 volts from two of them, and 1.5 from one (not zero) with mainbeams on. Anyways, just to make it crystal clear for anyone else:

Live


Fuse
30 AND 86 on relay
87 out to spotlights
85 spliced into mainbeam wire where it goes into 3-pin plug. It's the primarily red wire nearest to the wing on the driver's side.


Hi guys. newbie here and just found out about Suzuki's strange headlight wiring .. any way .. my son has mounted some spots in the bumper and we're powering via a relay which we could not get to work correctly .. spots permanently on regardless of headlight operation.

Then. I found this which I have followed, but still have a small problem in that when you switch to high beam, the spots come on, but do not turn back off when you return to dipped !! they will only turn off when you turn off to sidelights only.

Hoping this "HOLY THREAD REVIVAL BATMAN" will summon someone who knows.

Cheers Daz

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