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Installing PIAA 510 lights, switch power wire

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Old 04-29-2016, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jakewink
Thanks for the help guys I got it working, I spliced into a white wire with a purple stripe. I believe it's wire for the headlights because the 510's only have power going to them when the headlights have power going to them. If you think this is a fire hazard please let me know. Again thanks again for the help, Jacob
I do not know what color code wires feed which accessories but I can say I hope you used an item similar to the link I shared. If you just stripped a wire and taped it, may have an inconsistent connection which could lead to more problems.
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I used the wire connector/splicer that came with the lights, very similar to what you posted
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Originally Posted by jakewink
I spliced into a white wire with a purple stripe. I believe it's wire for the headlights because the 510's only have power going to them when the headlights have power going to them.
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Just to verify, it is the control circuit (pin 85) that is tapped in, not the load circuit (pin 30)? The lights draw 8 amps (110/13.8) so the load circuit should draw from the battery. It's generally a good idea to avoid the OEM circuits as much as possible on a CANBUS system anyway. I'm not sure where you grabbed that wire but white/purple is the tail light on mine as you can see in this picture.


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Old 04-30-2016, 06:57 AM
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I drew from under the passengers side dash being that was the easiest place to access the wire. I'm honestly not sure what circuit I pulled from.
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The fused wire in the kit goes to the battery?

Yeah that's the tail light wire you tapped. Make sure the wire you tapped into the tail light is at least the same gauge as the tail light wire. If it's smaller gauge (numerically higher) then you should put a 3A inline fuse in at the tapping point.

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