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Electrical help please
« on: May 29, 2011, 05:59:21 pm »
I'm after some advice please. I have the headlights shown below and want to wire them differently to be able to have the look of the middle photo. At the moment the LED bar is on constantly with the ignition as shown in photo 3. What is the easiest way to wire them to switch off once the sidelights or headlights are on?





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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2011, 11:41:15 am »
Anyone? I'm guessing I need a relay of some sort?
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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2011, 11:51:35 am »
Youd need a relay for sure  :happy2:

You'd need a normally closed relay so that when the ignition is on, the lights would be on, but when the headlights are on this will trigger the relay therefore opening the contacts

The trigger wire would be the live the the headlights


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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2011, 12:50:28 pm »
Thanks   :happy2:
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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 12:52:21 pm »
If you need wiring colours etc or get stuck on the circuit layout once you have the relay, just let me know


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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2011, 05:51:20 pm »
were u based weston ???


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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2011, 07:04:17 pm »
were u based weston ???

Bristol / Bath



Cheers Alex I'm sure I'll be in touch  :smiley:
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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2011, 11:53:31 pm »
were u based weston ???

Bristol / Bath



Cheers Alex I'm sure I'll be in touch  :smiley:

Oh bit far 4 me then if Alex can't help u I'm sure I can dude  :happy2:


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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2011, 12:01:11 am »
were u based weston ???

Bristol / Bath



Cheers Alex I'm sure I'll be in touch  :smiley:

Oh bit far 4 me then if Alex can't help u I'm sure I can dude  :happy2:

Once I've found the right relay I'll try to make sense of it. Thanks for the offer  :happy2: There's so much potential help on here for pretty much anything you can think of
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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2011, 12:07:35 am »
Bristol/Bath isnt too far from here. I often pass through there anyway  :happy2:


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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2011, 08:37:19 am »
Let me hav a look in my box today as I mite even have 1 knocking bout although I don't hav many 12v relays mainly 24v  :signLOL:


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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2011, 08:56:17 am »
Do you have a Stage 2 Relay  :signLOL:


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Re: Electrical help please
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2011, 10:11:46 am »
Do you have a Stage 2 Relay  :signLOL:

Na not yet mate


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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2011, 10:24:33 am »
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« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2011, 11:04:10 am »
Soon very soon mate  :happy2:


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