Extra lighting - any problems doing this?
Wired as shown below, the relay will only be powered on if:
A. The hibeams are on, and:
B. the toggle switch is on.
If you want the light usable regardless of when the hi's or lows are on, connect the switch to another source, like the running lights for instance.

I strongly recommend that wherever you hook the trigger wire up, it is to a source that shuts off with the key, that way you wont accidentally leave the lights on and drain your battery.
Last edited by HappyCurmudgeon; Mar 13, 2008 at 06:18 AM.
Actually, I believe using one relay will cause voltage to be back fed into the High Beam fuse and turn on your high beams:

You can avoid this by using a 12 volt diode on the path from the High Beam fuse or you can do this with 2 relays:

I posted this before I saw that Happy posted his drawing... but the logic still applies. The note that he had about using an ignition hot circuit is great advice. There are many places in the fuse box under the hood to do this, just whip out the multimeter.

You can avoid this by using a 12 volt diode on the path from the High Beam fuse or you can do this with 2 relays:

I posted this before I saw that Happy posted his drawing... but the logic still applies. The note that he had about using an ignition hot circuit is great advice. There are many places in the fuse box under the hood to do this, just whip out the multimeter.
Last edited by USAF_GroundRat; Mar 13, 2008 at 06:49 AM.
Actually, I believe using one relay will cause voltage to be back fed into the High Beam fuse and turn on your high beams:

You can avoid this by using a 12 volt diode on the path from the High Beam fuse or you can do this with 2 relays:

I posted this before I saw that Happy posted his drawing... but the logic still applies. The note that he had about using an ignition hot circuit is great advice. There are many places in the fuse box under the hood to do this, just whip out the multimeter.

You can avoid this by using a 12 volt diode on the path from the High Beam fuse or you can do this with 2 relays:

I posted this before I saw that Happy posted his drawing... but the logic still applies. The note that he had about using an ignition hot circuit is great advice. There are many places in the fuse box under the hood to do this, just whip out the multimeter.
yup, using two sources to the same line would give you issues, that is why i used the highbeam power with an inline switch as the trigger. Seemed like the simplest setup to me and used what i already had in the light kit.

It was that...
or this:
Last edited by HappyCurmudgeon; Mar 13, 2008 at 07:24 AM.
the KC kit comes with instructions on how to tape in to the high beam and use it as the trigger for the relay. So basically the relay will have to have both the KC switch "on", and the high beam "on" in order to trip the relay (at least that is how I understood it). But since I didn't want it wired that way, I didn't bother reading/understanding it.
Since my google products search for thermonuclear particle decay machine did not return any results, i'll have to stick to the battery... for now
. Thanks for the info.. i'm gonna order up the KC's as soon as my tax return shows up in my account.
. Thanks for the info.. i'm gonna order up the KC's as soon as my tax return shows up in my account.

