Fierce Legend

Ok so I wanna hookup these fog lights that have been hanging on the truck since I got it without anypower hooked up to them. There called Truck lite
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...and/IMG050.jpg

I would like to run them off a toggle switch but were do I tap into the truck for a powersource.
http://i1161.photobucket.com/albums/...and/IMG049.jpg

Discombobulated

Well I can tell you the first thing coming off on a snowdrift or 4 wheeling will be your lights, might want to move them a tad higher. Search the subject hundreds of threads have detailed descriptions of what you are looking for.

abecedarian

Honestly? Fierce Legend has to ask for advice?
Just kidding: my username means "beginner in any field of knowledge".

Now, having said that:
You need a relay.

Install 12AWG wire from the battery (+), with a 15A fuse near the battery, to the 85 and 30 terminals on the relay.
Install 12AWG wire from the 86 terminal of the relay to a switch which connects the circuit to ground when on.
Then, connect the (+) wire for the lights to the 87 terminal (not 87a, otherwise the lights will be on when the switch is off) on the relay with 12AWG wire.
If the lights have a (-) wire, ground that to the chassis.

When you turn the switch on, which connects the relay coil to ground, the relay should turn on, which in turn should turn your lights on. And if you have any issues with either the switch or lights' wiring, that should blow the fuse, if you wired it right.

slow-mo

It is best to power them straight off the battery triggered by a relay. The quick and dirty route is using one of the add-a-circuit type piggyback "Fuse Tap" thingymajigers-bobers.

http://contentinfo.autozone.com/znet...HH-RP/image/4/

That will get your power to switch the relay.



^ Oh well, there you go. Pic of the relay too. Never mind.

abecedarian

just kidding.

slow-mo

Your fingers are too fast.

abecedarian

No comment.
My wife won't let me.

--- wait ---

she said your name is "slow-mo"

again, just kidding: she didn't say that.

Fierce Legend

Ok I got a few of solinoids laying around. I just hook one of the fat terminals to the battery with a fuse.

The other fat terminal goes to the lights.

The 2 little terminals 1 gets jumped to the battery side larger terminal and the other is ground for the toggle switch correct?

RAD4Runner

Words do not mean much because relays come in many shape,form and terminal configuration. Schematic or pics work best. Clean and robust way to wire is here:

Cyberman

Just trying to

You would wire differently between fogs and driving lights.

Fogs should go off with high beams on, and driving lights should only come on with high beams. That being said, were the diagram above is powered by the parking lights, they would be wired to a different spot, depending on the type.

scope103

If you're as indecisive as I am, you can use this: http://www.finditparts.com/products/...FQQaQgodsWkA2g You slip it under the fuse you want to utilize (be sure its on the downstream, fused, side of the fuse). Wire up whatever you're adding with a 1/4" push-on connector, and hook it up. You've got a perfectly legitimate fused circuit, but you haven't cut a single factory wire of your truck.

My bed light has been that way for 9 years.

RAD4Runner

By the book, yes. However, Schematic above would allow one to turn fog lights on whenever he pleases, yet not forget to turn lights off .

Cyberman

What's this "lights on reminder" you speak of?
I'm lucky it reminds me when the key is still in the ignition.
Must be an SR5 thing.

RAD4Runner

, Yeah light reminder is probably an SR5 feature because Ruby Tuesday, a dlx, did not have it. I made one myself. Light Remind Mod here. Clean and simple.

Key in ignition is pretty standard but many people defeat the feature because it's annoying. If one wants key in ignition but not seatbeat reminder buzz, no need to perform acrobatics to get to that black box above the steering column. Just do this 2-minute fix.

Happy Friday!

yotarover

wasn't this just posted ? same thing as the off road lights thread.

Fierce Legend

I wouldnt run the hot wire to the switch inside the cab. I would just jump the positive from the power source to that terminal. Then ground the relay with the switch inside the cab.

yotarover

That's a great idea for someone who's still stock. (wiring hardness wise)
Like in my case I no longer have, the factory wiring since I'm moving to pane.

My setup would be a bit different: Lights,winch,radio,cb would run off a another circuit dedicated just for them. You could still wire them up using something like this, which is how i'll start the engine. Whole lot less work figuring out why things wont work if something goes wrong.

RAD4Runner

Yep, good idea to keep relay, positive Voltage wires and high-current circuit in engine compartment (There's available mounting hole near starter relay, where Chefyota mounted his relay.) Then only the low-current control circuit goes inside the cabin. Ans yes, your idea is in synch with "switched ground" system used in most, if not all Yota control circuits.

James Woods

iTrader: (1)

For my Power source, I tapped into the wiper motor power supply so I can have my off road lights on when ever I have the key on.
I would have to agree with the position of those lights though, I hit that section all the time on rocks and stuff, so if you wheel that at all, those lights wont last long.

RAD4Runner

Hi folks!
Since this seems to be the latest thread on Fog Lights, so I'll post question here.

I want to install fog lights that would require least cutting/modification of stock parts.

There is great potential here:
Between stock bumper and valence, just outboard of main bumper mount.


There is an existing hole with threaded nut forward, and a clearance hole aft.


Need to make an angle bracket to mount to holes above, then mount fog light to bracket.

Constraint:
Need a compact light fixture, so I can keep valence without cutting anything.

Does anyone have first-hand experience with these?
http://www.roundeyes.com/Fog_Lamp_Ki...ctangular.html

Looks very compact. Mounting holes are only 1 inch apart.
Looks like a great deal because kit already includes a relay, fee shipping.
Slight drawback is blue tint. Not quite the ideal color for fog light.

Would appreciate inputs.