got the lights all.......

[Searcher67]

hooked up. they work great, just wating for it to get dark so I can see what I can SEE! The hardest part was drilling that fricken hole in my roof and fishing the wires! But, I just went ahead and put the drill there and scratched the surface, I thought to myself, well its scratched now, might as well drill it and see what happens! It really wasn't all that bad now that its done. I'll get some lights on pics up soon...

 

[ScottZ0]

Hey searcher, Last week I installed some Hella 500's on my bumper cover. I see you used the same relay in your pics. I have been having a bit of an issue. I am getting conflicting instructions on 86 and 85 of the relay. I am hoping you can shed some "light" on it for me. Attached is a schematic I drew quickly with MS Paint. Does this diagram look correct?

Thanks in advance,
Scott

 

[LibertyOrDeath]

Hey searcher, Last week I installed some Hella 500's on my bumper cover. I see you used the same relay in your pics. I have been having a bit of an issue. I am getting conflicting instructions on 86 and 85 of the relay. I am hoping you can shed some "light" on it for me. Attached is a schematic I drew quickly with MS Paint. Does this diagram look correct?

Thanks in advance,
Scott

On my 500 FF looking from the top of the connector and the wires going to the floor. I have the yellow wire (vertical, on the right) going to the switch (and 86 on relay) and the blue wire (vertical, on the left) going to the ground on the battery (85 on relay). The black (horizontal, top wire) goes to the lights and the red (horizontail, bottom) goes to the battery. Switch has a green wire that goes to the high beams, an another on for switch ground.

 

[ScottZ0]

Thanks. Sounds about right. I think it may be a bad relay. Is there a good way to test it? I know the fuse is good upon inspection. Also, I tired 2 switches, so that can't be it.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[Searcher67]

NO no no the switch gets two wires ....One YELLOW which goes to relay. and the other goes to parking lights wire!!!! Not ground...

I have three blades on my switches one goes to relay, one goes to parking lights and the last is ground for the illumination of the switch. BUT if I didn't want the switch to light up I don;t have to connect gorund@

 

[Corwyyn]

Scott, this diagram might make more sense:

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It is the standard diagram for the Hellas, I just color-coded it to make it easier to match up to the wiring harness.

 

[ScottZ0]

That is awesome. Thanks for the diagram. That will be my bible this weekend. You guys rock!

Thanks again,
Scott

 

[LibertyOrDeath]

NO no no the switch gets two wires ....One YELLOW which goes to relay. and the other goes to parking lights wire!!!! Not ground...

I have three blades on my switches one goes to relay, one goes to parking lights and the last is ground for the illumination of the switch. BUT if I didn't want the switch to light up I don;t have to connect gorund@

ON the FF's the yellow wire goes to the switch and a separate green wire goes from the switch to the high beams.

 

[Corwyyn]

NO no no the switch gets two wires ....One YELLOW which goes to relay. and the other goes to parking lights wire!!!! Not ground...

I have three blades on my switches one goes to relay, one goes to parking lights and the last is ground for the illumination of the switch. BUT if I didn't want the switch to light up I don;t have to connect gorund@

ON the FF's the yellow wire goes to the switch and a separate green wire goes from the switch to the high beams.

Depends on what you're doing - if you want them available whenever any of the lights are on you can run the 'sense' wire (green) to the parking lamps, but since the driving lights are designed to work in tandem with the hi-beams that's normally where you would connect it and you wouldn't even have to worry about the switch - just run the green wire directly from the hi-beam side to terminal 86 and they will ONLY come on when the hi-beams are on. Heck you could tap it off the power outlet if you really wanted to, then they would be available ALL the time (although that might not be legal depending on where you live and how picky the local LEOs are - just saying it could be done ).

 

[LibertyOrDeath]

Depends on what you're doing - if you want them available whenever any of the lights are on you can run the 'sense' wire (green) to the parking lamps, but since the driving lights are designed to work in tandem with the hi-beams that's normally where you would connect it and you wouldn't even have to worry about the switch - just run the green wire directly from the hi-beam side to terminal 86 and they will ONLY come on when the hi-beams are on. Heck you could tap it off the power outlet if you really wanted to, then they would be available ALL the time (although that might not be legal depending on where you live and how picky the local LEOs are - just saying it could be done ).

I have mine on a ignition switched fuse. I can't remember which one though.

 

[Searcher67]

I wanted my lights to come on WHEN I SAY SO! Plus, its no big deal around here how there hooked up as long as they are not on and covered if on road!
Thats what I am told. By a local garage....

That said. I tapped into the parking lights so that if ANY lights were left on I would get the "DING...DING....DING"

AND OH YEAH... Whats up with Hella giving different switches? I bought 2 sets and the switches didn't match. I had to go out and spend MORE money for two matching switches..

I couldn't find a plug for the roof rack lights, I wanted to be able to plug/unplug the lights if I needed to take off the rack (which is unlikely, but hey you never know). I ended up just using spade connectors for now, but I left enough wire in case I find the right plug.

 

[ScottZ0]

Just wanted to let you all know the schematic was what the doctor ordered. The lights are installed and looking fine. The only thing left is mounting the switch. Pictures to follow.

Scott