LarQ98V Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Hi, I'm tryin to find out which wire at the cig lighter is the live. I've tried using a circuit tester but i doesn't light up on either of them.There's a grey wire and a white&black striped wire.Any help would be great as i've got mot tomorrow and need to wire this fog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monka Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 fog should be taken from a sidelight feed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ecksjay Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 indeed, if you hook it up to the cig lighter, it'll be an ignition live, and thus it'll be able to be switched on all the time, which is not allowed ideally, you should use a relay switch and take the feed from the ignition/perm live, with the signal feed coming from the sidelight feed, so that it'll only switch on with the sidelights, but you'll be sharing the load on the main/ign live feed. it's how we used to do all imports anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LarQ98V Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 indeed, if you hook it up to the cig lighter, it'll be an ignition live, and thus it'll be able to be switched on all the time, which is not allowed ideally, you should use a relay switch and take the feed from the ignition/perm live, with the signal feed coming from the sidelight feed, so that it'll only switch on with the sidelights, but you'll be sharing the load on the main/ign live feed. it's how we used to do all imports anyway.alright, cheers for the heads up My electrical knowledge is basic so i might have to get someone to do it 4 me in that case. Seems a bit complicated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LarQ98V Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 indeed, if you hook it up to the cig lighter, it'll be an ignition live, and thus it'll be able to be switched on all the time, which is not allowed ideally, you should use a relay switch and take the feed from the ignition/perm live, with the signal feed coming from the sidelight feed, so that it'll only switch on with the sidelights, but you'll be sharing the load on the main/ign live feed. it's how we used to do all imports anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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