Where to go?

Hello everyone,

I have purchased a roof rack with 4 x Wipac spots, and a 'A Bar' With 2 x 8" Wipac Spots.

I can fit them easy... but by no means am I a mechanic or an electrician. So what I ask is would I take my car to the local garage, or do I get a local electrician. To do all the wiring up.

Also... Would the garage have all necessary wiring/relays/switches etc. etc. to do the job, or would I have to supply them with the equipment.

I know all garages are different... but would the run of the mill average garage have this equipment to hand

Thanks

Rich M

change yo user CP to show where yu live .

goto halfrauds and buy 3 spotlamp wiring kits and you'll have everything you need to wire in 3 pairs of fog or spotlamps

redhand said:

goto halfrauds and buy 3 spotlamp wiring kits and you'll have everything you need to wire in 3 pairs of fog or spotlamps

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This kit you speak of.... would it be this by any chance?
Ring Fast-Fit Kit from Halfords Price £11.99

how would I go about getting this kit so the lights work from a switch on the dash?

kungpow1975 said:

This kit you speak of.... would it be this by any chance?
Ring Fast-Fit Kit from Halfords Price £11.99

how would I go about getting this kit so the lights work from a switch on the dash?

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Yep that's the kit. Have a search on here or on google lots of wiring digrams for fitting spotlamps.

Nice one... Would that kit definitely work for my 8" spots as they are 100w, They had to be 100w as 55w would not do when driving down the dirt track to my house at night. needed more light you see.

Just a final question about that kit that 'redhand' said I should get.

I don't really want to connect my spots up to my main beams.. I just want to flick a switch and the spots will turn on regardless of whether my driving lights are on or not. Will this still do the job?

Ring Fast-Fit Kit from Halfords Price £11.99

Thanks

Rich M

Dunno whether you care ... but I believe spots etc need to be wired to the High beam only to pass MOT. I believe a switch is OK but that the lights should only be able to come on when high beam is on too ...

Ahh fair doos. ill put them through main beam then. Cant be failing me MOT.

Thanks for your help

Rich M

have a butchers ere MOT Testers Manual

dont say much about spots

I think spots are classed as Auxillary Lighting

I used one of the wiring packs from Halfords.
Easy to install and the instructions say they will run 4 50w lights and 2 100w.
Works a treat.

Andyrim said:

I used one of the wiring packs from Halfords.
Easy to install and the instructions say they will run 4 50w lights and 2 100w.
Works a treat.

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I bought 2 of them packs today, Cant seem to find the message that says about the 4 x 55w or 2 x 100w though.

Surely It wouldnt work for 4x55w or 2 x 100 as it only has a 15A fuse

220/12 = 18.333333 Amps
200/12 = 16.6666667 Amps

both of them are more than 15amps.

But if you have managed to get it to work with 4x55w or 2 x 100w please tell me

kungpow1975 said:

I think spots are classed as Auxillary Lighting

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and wots the mot say bout them then?

It says the below:

Optional lamps

Any additional position lamps are optional and are not included in the inspection.

eggsackerly

redhand said:

goto halfrauds and buy 3 spotlamp wiring kits and you'll have everything you need to wire in 3 pairs of fog or spotlamps

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i got 3 and only 1 worked for a short time then blew out the fuse, i didn't fit for a few week and they wouldn't change them cos id lost my recite :doh: i just added more/bigger amp relays to the one switch

I think i've still got the box in the boot if i have ill dig out the instructions i had with it.

Thanks