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Guys, a simple question, hopefully a simple answer for this simple person. I desire to fit spot lights to the brumby, what colour wire do I need to tap into on the combo switch for high beam? Can't seem to locate on the diagram I have

Cheers

does this help?


http://webmonkees.com/art/sub/wire/85bratwires.jpg

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TOONGA

Thanks for that Toonga, So the question remains which colour for high beam?

According to the above diagram, Red w/Black stripe. Although it's not very clear what the lighting relays in that diagram are doing And the fuse box is an empty box which is no help. The Red w/black goes from the "combination switch" (indicator stalk/high beams) to one of the dual filament lights on each side, I'd say that was the high beam wire.

Easy to test with a multimeter.

Wooster wrote:Thanks for that Toonga, So the question remains which colour for high beam?

I have a single headlight brumby can't help you there

Silverbullet wrote:According to the above diagram, Red w/Black stripe. Although it's not very clear what the lighting relays in that diagram are doing And the fuse box is an empty box which is no help. The Red w/black goes from the "combination switch" (indicator stalk/high beams) to one of the dual filament lights on each side, I'd say that was the high beam wire.

Easy to test with a multimeter.

Yeah that was the only diagram I could find and yes unplug a light ground your earth on the multimeter and test all the plug connectors. once on low beam and once on high beam.

TOONGA

Just eye balled my 91 brumby, quad headlights, drivers side outer headlamp, Red/Black is the wire you want to make the spot light relay come on when high beam is lit up. That is what mine is connected to and works very well.

Regards, Peter.

It does not matter really, and then again - it does matter. What you need to do is use both wires to the inner high beam only light to switch the relay coz these are earth switched.

So long as you use a basic relay and not a diode protected relay relay works without polarity across 85 and 86 terminals. 85 is generally assigned to earth for anality

So, your relay does not use just short earth wire to the body - just tap into both wires, one to 85, other to 8 and relay will click on highbeam. Just be careful that relay does not delay off when switching down again, mine has sometimes for some reason in the past

Cheers guys

L series is earth switched, all MYs positive switched yeah? I'm sure that's how it goes.

Also I'd be picking up the high beam wire behind te light as your relays will already be near the lights for minimal wire distance.

What sort of lights are you looking at putting up front?

Cheers

Bennie