[Sutho]

can anyone draw up a wirin diagram i can use for rocklights?

one seperate from everything so i can just turn them on and off whenever i wanna, so i dont have to have the head lights on to run them

i have some time off so im goin to get around to finally do these

[Sutho]

i found this on a site after a google search,

is that the easiest??

[steak_knife]

What bulb's, if they are 55w's you would want a relay or 2..

[steak_knife]

& a FUSE!!!!

[Sutho]

yer stek i googled it and this site came up to wire them into a jeep haha so im goin to go with their set up with a fuse and a relay

you should check it out its pretty cool well the rock light part is haha not the jeep part
http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/ ... light5.htm

[Sutho]

im using 4 of these from super theif and gettin the relay and fuse there, he i have a 6 meter roll of speaker wire, can i just use that?

[89_tintop]

i wouldnt use speaker wire.. and would run 2 relays for 4 lights

[royce]

no you cant use speaker wire

you need

From Battery positive a 30 amp fuse, then 6mmish cable to pin 30 and pin 86 on your relay

then run 4mm from each pin 87 to ONE PAIR only of lights, so youll have 2 lots of cable running down, earth the lights on their mounts

stick a normal toggle switch in the dash and run a thin (speaker ok here) from pin 85 to one side of the switch, run the other side of the switch to an earth and your done

[steak_knife]

If you use speaker wire we will require pic's..

Don't use speaker wire, it's called SPEAKER wire for a reason..

[royce]

actually really its still wire, just finer strand so it flexes better and usually less resilient insulation, protected and big enough it works fine, but to be big enough it would be heaps dearer than normal cable

[Sutho]

royce i got this diagram i drew which is a exact replica of the one on the site


HOW DO U RUN 2 RELAYS? ( im not shouting haha )

[royce]

for 2 relays join pin 86 together run the rest separate

in my opinion 4 55w lights isnt too much for a 30 amp relay

[Sutho]

so u dont recon i should bother running 2 relays?
but is that diagram right?

[royce]

diagram is right

[Sutho]

so thats what u reckon? but ground onto their own mounts

[steak_knife]

Sutho wrote:

so u dont recon i should bother running 2 relays?
but is that diagram right?

royce wrote:

no you cant use speaker wire

you need

From Battery positive a 30 amp fuse, then 6mmish cable to pin 30 and pin 86 on your relay

then run 4mm from each pin 87 to ONE PAIR only of lights, so youll have 2 lots of cable running down, earth the lights on their mounts

stick a normal toggle switch in the dash and run a thin (speaker ok here) from pin 85 to one side of the switch, run the other side of the switch to an earth and your done

[royce]

hang on, swap 30 and 87, get a relay with 2 87 pins (not an 87 and 87a)

[Sutho]

royce wrote:

no you cant use speaker wire

you need

From Battery positive a 30 amp fuse, then 6mmish cable to pin 30 and pin 86 on your relay
then run 4mm from each pin 87 to ONE PAIR only of lights, so youll have 2 lots of cable running down, earth the lights on their mounts

stick a normal toggle switch in the dash and run a thin (speaker ok here) from pin 85 to one side of the switch, run the other side of the switch to an earth and your done

thatts different to my diagram?

[Sutho]

so thats the go?

[steak_knife]

Sutho wrote:

royce wrote:

no you cant use speaker wire

you need

From Battery positive a 30 amp fuse, then 6mmish cable to pin 30 and pin 86 on your relay
then run 4mm from each pin 87 to ONE PAIR only of lights, so youll have 2 lots of cable running down, earth the lights on their mounts

stick a normal toggle switch in the dash and run a thin (speaker ok here) from pin 85 to one side of the switch, run the other side of the switch to an earth and your done

thatts different to my diagram?

Yes..

Sutho wrote:

so thats what u reckon? but ground onto their own mounts

[steak_knife]

One pair of light's per relay....

That last one you posted look's right ..

[Sutho]

steak_knife wrote:

One pair of light's per relay....

That last one you posted look's right ..

ok sweet as thanks stek, now to get the lights and the goods and BAM rocklights

[Sutho]

http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/ ... light2.htm
AWESOME HELP SITE FOR ROCKLIGHT SETUP AND STEP BY STEP TALK THROUGH (for a jeep)

[steak_knife]

Sutho wrote:

steak_knife wrote:

One pair of light's per relay....

That last one you posted look's right ..

ok sweet as thanks stek, now to get the lights and 2 friggin relay's & fuses and BAM rocklights

Typo..

[royce]

dont need 2 relays for 4 downlights

[Sutho]

sorry, i dont understand the 2 relays? i was just gunna do this

[fritter]

4 x 55w lights = 220 watts. at 12 volts that's going to draw 18.3 amps. So as Royce said one 30 amp relay will be ok. I'd use a 30 amp fuse and the 6mm wire to the relay as a minimum. You might want to start thinking about an alternater upgrade if you're running spotties, headlights, fridge etc as well..

[Sutho]

yer mate cool as, yer i have a ford alternator next to my bed ready to go in haha

[fordem]

Not really into rocks myself, but, I would have thought that this would be the ideal application for LED lighting - shallow (front to back), bright, diffuse - and low current draw.

[atari4x4]

+ i'm planning to replace my 55w rock lites with LED strip lights.