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nick
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 05:18 pm: | 
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I have a 96 DI w/o fogs and I am about to put an air dam with stock fogs,I know the car is wired for them because I found the plugs near the headlights, pulled out the switch panel where cruise cont. is and cant find plug,where do I start digging also dealer does not have a listing for the switch is it the same as the rear fog switch.would anyone have a part # for switch and relay? thanks going outside and start looking for wiring.any info appreciated.... |
Joe
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 05:51 pm: |
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Nick, see:
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DaveB
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 08:17 pm: |
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Nick,
The L/R stock fog lamp switch part number is:
AMR4138
You can get them from Atlantic-Britsh for $11.95
It's easy to install to the stock wiring harness- Pop out the plactic cover in the swtch bank, plug the switch in.
Dave |
Brian Lewis
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 08:25 pm: |
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Dave,
I read one of your previous posts about your wiring & wanted to see if you did a wiring diagram for your description ? Does this require two relays or is the Hella wiring harness with relay okay ?
Thank you,
Brian |
DaveB
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 09:51 pm: |
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Brian,
I did get a basic wiring diagram done- I emailed a copy in .pdf format to your address of your last reply-
How many relays you will need is a function of what type of lights you want to power up...
I didn't use a hella wiring harness. Just made my own. Less expensive and there's no rocket science to it.
I used an automotive relay I got at my local radio shack store for $4.99. It's a 12V, 30A relay. I'm running two Hella 1000 black magic lamps. They have 55W bulbs, wired in parallel sum up to 110W, which will draw 9.16Amps at 12V.
Refering to current handling charts, you need 14AWG wire as a mimimum, 12AWG is better.
If you wanted to run 4 lamps, such as 4 hella 1000's, one relay is fine since the total current draw through the 30A relay will be 18.4Amps. If you go with hella 4000's, I know the bulbs are more then 100W each. This doubles up your current handling and capacity needs. The math is not hard:
P=IE
P=Power in watts
I=Current in Amps
E=Volts
Assume:
E = 12V as a constant
P = total power for the sum of the lamps to be powered
P/E = current capacity required for your system.
Another thought, you might want to run two switches and two relays so you can control the lights in pairs.
Set it up which ever way suites your needs. As always, FUSE everything!! The Lamp line and the relay control switch. We are talking about allot of current and inexpensive fuses will prevent disco melt-downs!
Let me know if you don't get the email.
Dave |
Brian Lewis
| | Posted on Friday, May 03, 2002 - 09:30 am: |
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Dave,
Thank you for the help. I received your wiring diagram no problem.
Thanks,
Brian |
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