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[biker1981]

Hi,

 

I have just bought 4 spot lights on a bar for the mini, and there is a wire for each spot light

 

I just wanted some advice on how to wire them please, previously I just wired to the fuse box with an inline fuse.

 

I appreciate this isn't the proper way of doing it , is there a way I should do this please?

 

 

[jeebz]

Do you have an independent switch for it, or are you running them off the foglights or main beam?

[oliver122]

you will want to take the battery + from your starter , putting the fuses as close to the power source as possible , also you have to have them coming on with your main beam or not at all. you can put a switch on your switching wire ( main beam wire) so that you can have them to come on with your main beam or not . Also take into consideration the correct relay , cable and fuse rating you are going to need

 

• if you use 2 55 watts per relay the current draw will be 9.16amps so you would want 15amp cable and a 10 amp fuse
• if you use 2 100 watts per relay the current draw will be 16.7 amps so you would want 25 amp cable and a 20 amp fuse
• regarding a relay i would get a 30 amp relay first as last then

If it was me personally i would wire it so it can take 100 watts so in future if you want to go brighter then all you do is change a fuse and bulbs 

 

 

and if you want to work out current draw its watts/volts = amps

Edited by oliver122, 15 May 2013 - 11:57 AM.

[biker1981]

Wow perfect thanks a lot.

[Dan]

  Assuming you are in the UK, you cannot have the lights switched so that they can be on independent of the main beam.  The lights must be controlled by the dip switch.  You can have an inline switch that will allow them to remain off but they cannot be on if the headlamps are dipped.