4runner joe

so i just got myself some hella fog lights and got everything wire but then relised that i hooked the power wire frome the switch (green wire) to the power wire for the fog lights (red wire) is this going to be an issue? and if so should i just wire the fog lights to the high or low beam of the head lights? and which wire is the high beam and low beam? for some reason this is stumping me over something so stuppid. any help would be great. thanks

mick cassidy

you will have to get a 40 amp 5 prong regular relay and its pretty easy you can google a basic off road accessory wiring diagram what i did on mine was to find the high beam wire and tap into that sending the trigger to the relay this way you avoid the FIRE HAZZARD of running all the power through a switch this way all your power to the lights goes direct from the battery btw most fires are the result of improper wiring .

justin_4runner

means u will be pulling all that power threw the switch. not the best thing, u are running a relay right? if not then redo it all and install one. u will be happy u do. as for the power to turn on the lights just take it off the parking lights so u dont have to have the head lights on to turn them on.

4runner joe

yes im running a relay it came with the kit. and i was not going to run all the power from the the head light i was going to run the red wire to the battery like the kits instructions say to. but i ran the power for the switch the same red wire. so i was thinking if i did this the light on the switch would probably end of killing the battery at some time. justin i do think that is my best sollution is to run the switches power of of the running light (corner light) other then hooking the green wire straight to the power wire that hooks to the battery all the wireing has been done just like the instructions say to. this isnt my first time doing wiring but its sure has been a long time. lol thanks guys

4Crawler

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I hooked my Hella fog light switch power to the parking light power wire. That way the fog lights turn off if I turn off the parking lights so I can't forget and leave them on. And I can have them on w/ high or low beams if I want. Plus, the parking light power wire is switched power, while the high and low beam wires are switched ground, so are harder to integrate into the Hella wiring scheme.

justin_4runner

u can get the power from the dimmer switch location so u dont have to run it all the way off the front corner light, less going threw firewall and headaches later if something stops working.

4runner joe

yeah so i ended up useing a fuseable link and pluging it into the fuse box under the hood to the rear defrost fuse. well this is definitley not working no power at all i dont see why this wont work but i even tried switching it to a different fuse spot and still nothing. grounds are all good wires all all connected in the right spot so im going to have to say its the power issue. and of course i dont have a test light at home to check the power source.

MAD MARK

Never dive into anything electrical without an Ohm Meter or at least a test light. They are cheap and can help prevent shorts that cost $100s to fix.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...u=03482141000P

irab88

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here. this is a generic diagram of how to wire lights up. there is a better way, but it's a bit more complex, and i've only done it once



if you want any other type of schematic, let me know. i'm good with this kind of stuff

justin_4runner

about the only thing i would of added to the pic was the numbers on the relay so people who dont play with them often know where to put each wire, also for the switch pull power from inside the cab and not battery, just easier. but nice pic

irab88

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like i said, there's a better way of doing this, which is safer and more convenient, but it'ts a bit more wiring to do. just like many of the systems already on the toyotas, "switched ground" is nice. i wired brian's (swimmerboy2112) lights up like this, and it made routing the switch easier and the whole system safer by not introducing more power into the cab. when i re-do my power connections this month, i'll post how i did it, but also convert to switched ground on a bunch of stuff. it's also up to the user to decide how it gets wired up. i've seen things done that i might not have, but they worked well, and got ideas from others

here is the switched ground set-up. again, fairly basic

4runner joe

well like ur first picture i had the system wired that way and thought the switch would draw power from the battery all the time and didnt want to kill my new battery lol. so maybe i will go back to that and see what happens. i would love to see how good these lights are some time this year. but for right now im burnt on working on this thing for the next few days. i love my truck but the last three weeks have been nothing but under the hood and now its time to enjoy the ride! so i guess out to the garage i go yet again...

irab88

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if it's wired up correctly, it will only draw power if you forget to turn them off (guilty here). there should be no power drain at all. if there is, it might be a bad switch, bad relay, or something else drawing power.

good luck with the wiring!