Great forum & hello to all, i have installed Rigids
03-13-2015, 09:08 PM
#1
Great forum & hello to all, i have installed Rigids
For additional lighting in reverse. I have them wired to come on with factory reverse lights. They really help but I am wanting to put a switch inline so that I can turn off the rigid lights and not use all the time when in reverse & be able to turn them on without truck being in reverse. I have a switch with on/off/on positions & 5 pin relay. I promise you guys I have searched here all on this forum & on the net for correct way to wire this up but I just can't seem to find just the right diagram. Any help would be greatly appreciated & please go easy on the bashing for this newbie's 2nd post. 
Thanks in advance
Maachuu aka Larry
Thanks in advance
Maachuu aka Larry
Last edited by maachuu; 03-14-2015 at 10:18 AM.
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03-14-2015, 07:54 AM
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Thoughts on your wiring
After replying this morning to a similar thread, I re-read your original post. Given that you'd like to have full flexibility of being able to:
- have the b/u lights come on with the b/u lights of the truck
- turn them on manually when parked
- turn them off, so they don't come on at all
I'd thought I'd take a crack at the wiring.
You'll need 2 SPST switches, a fuse, some wire and a standard Bosch 5-pin relay.
Connect a wire with fuse to the positive side of the battery. Run this wire down under the truck and into the cab. I covered all my wire in the black plastic wire covering stuff I got from Amazon.
Split the hot wire into 2 and connect each wire to a SPST switch. Connect wires to other side of the switch and run both of these wires to the back of the truck. The main truck beam is hollow and with a little fishing, you can run the wires through it.
At this point, you should have 2 hot wires run to the back of the truck, both of them run through switches in the cab.
Find a place to mount the relay. I put mine inside the left tail light well. The tail light comes out easily and there's lots of room in there. Easy to get to and nice and high...out of the elements.
Connect one of the hot wires to pin 87 and the other to pin 87a.
Pin 87 will be the master shutoff.
Pin 87a is the switch to turn them on when parked.
Connect the truck backup light wire to pin 86. Then the truck circuit will only be used to drive the relay (keeps the load low and you don't risk overloading the truck circuit)
Pin 30 to the backup lights.
Pin 85 to ground.
Note: The lights will still come on when the 87a pin switch is ON. The Master Shutoff really only keeps the lights from turning on with the truck circuit. If you want a "they don't come on no matter what" wiring setup, you'll need a different one that this.
I did this, but without the master shutoff switch. I soldered all the wire connection (push-ons for the relay) and covered them with heat shrink tubing. It's been about a year with no problems.
Good luck!
- have the b/u lights come on with the b/u lights of the truck
- turn them on manually when parked
- turn them off, so they don't come on at all
I'd thought I'd take a crack at the wiring.
You'll need 2 SPST switches, a fuse, some wire and a standard Bosch 5-pin relay.
Connect a wire with fuse to the positive side of the battery. Run this wire down under the truck and into the cab. I covered all my wire in the black plastic wire covering stuff I got from Amazon.
Split the hot wire into 2 and connect each wire to a SPST switch. Connect wires to other side of the switch and run both of these wires to the back of the truck. The main truck beam is hollow and with a little fishing, you can run the wires through it.
At this point, you should have 2 hot wires run to the back of the truck, both of them run through switches in the cab.
Find a place to mount the relay. I put mine inside the left tail light well. The tail light comes out easily and there's lots of room in there. Easy to get to and nice and high...out of the elements.
Connect one of the hot wires to pin 87 and the other to pin 87a.
Pin 87 will be the master shutoff.
Pin 87a is the switch to turn them on when parked.
Connect the truck backup light wire to pin 86. Then the truck circuit will only be used to drive the relay (keeps the load low and you don't risk overloading the truck circuit)
Pin 30 to the backup lights.
Pin 85 to ground.
Note: The lights will still come on when the 87a pin switch is ON. The Master Shutoff really only keeps the lights from turning on with the truck circuit. If you want a "they don't come on no matter what" wiring setup, you'll need a different one that this.
I did this, but without the master shutoff switch. I soldered all the wire connection (push-ons for the relay) and covered them with heat shrink tubing. It's been about a year with no problems.
Good luck!
Last edited by jgohlke; 03-14-2015 at 08:01 AM. Reason: Clarity
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03-14-2015, 09:06 AM
#6
After replying this morning to a similar thread, I re-read your original post. Given that you'd like to have full flexibility of being able to:
- have the b/u lights come on with the b/u lights of the truck
- turn them on manually when parked
- turn them off, so they don't come on at all
I'd thought I'd take a crack at the wiring.
You'll need 2 SPST switches, a fuse, some wire and a standard Bosch 5-pin relay.
Connect a wire with fuse to the positive side of the battery. Run this wire down under the truck and into the cab. I covered all my wire in the black plastic wire covering stuff I got from Amazon.
Split the hot wire into 2 and connect each wire to a SPST switch. Connect wires to other side of the switch and run both of these wires to the back of the truck. The main truck beam is hollow and with a little fishing, you can run the wires through it.
At this point, you should have 2 hot wires run to the back of the truck, both of them run through switches in the cab.
Find a place to mount the relay. I put mine inside the left tail light well. The tail light comes out easily and there's lots of room in there. Easy to get to and nice and high...out of the elements.
Connect one of the hot wires to pin 87 and the other to pin 87a.
Pin 87 will be the master shutoff.
Pin 87a is the switch to turn them on when parked.
Connect the truck backup light wire to pin 86. Then the truck circuit will only be used to drive the relay (keeps the load low and you don't risk overloading the truck circuit)
Pin 30 to the backup lights.
Pin 85 to ground.
Note: The lights will still come on when the 87a pin switch is ON. The Master Shutoff really only keeps the lights from turning on with the truck circuit. If you want a "they don't come on no matter what" wiring setup, you'll need a different one that this.
I did this, but without the master shutoff switch. I soldered all the wire connection (push-ons for the relay) and covered them with heat shrink tubing. It's been about a year with no problems.
Good luck!
- have the b/u lights come on with the b/u lights of the truck
- turn them on manually when parked
- turn them off, so they don't come on at all
I'd thought I'd take a crack at the wiring.
You'll need 2 SPST switches, a fuse, some wire and a standard Bosch 5-pin relay.
Connect a wire with fuse to the positive side of the battery. Run this wire down under the truck and into the cab. I covered all my wire in the black plastic wire covering stuff I got from Amazon.
Split the hot wire into 2 and connect each wire to a SPST switch. Connect wires to other side of the switch and run both of these wires to the back of the truck. The main truck beam is hollow and with a little fishing, you can run the wires through it.
At this point, you should have 2 hot wires run to the back of the truck, both of them run through switches in the cab.
Find a place to mount the relay. I put mine inside the left tail light well. The tail light comes out easily and there's lots of room in there. Easy to get to and nice and high...out of the elements.
Connect one of the hot wires to pin 87 and the other to pin 87a.
Pin 87 will be the master shutoff.
Pin 87a is the switch to turn them on when parked.
Connect the truck backup light wire to pin 86. Then the truck circuit will only be used to drive the relay (keeps the load low and you don't risk overloading the truck circuit)
Pin 30 to the backup lights.
Pin 85 to ground.
Note: The lights will still come on when the 87a pin switch is ON. The Master Shutoff really only keeps the lights from turning on with the truck circuit. If you want a "they don't come on no matter what" wiring setup, you'll need a different one that this.
I did this, but without the master shutoff switch. I soldered all the wire connection (push-ons for the relay) and covered them with heat shrink tubing. It's been about a year with no problems.
Good luck!
03-14-2015, 09:10 AM
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03-14-2015, 10:25 AM
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After replying this morning to a similar thread, I re-read your original post. Given that you'd like to have full flexibility of being able to:
- have the b/u lights come on with the b/u lights of the truck
- turn them on manually when parked
- turn them off, so they don't come on at all
I'd thought I'd take a crack at the wiring.
You'll need 2 SPST switches, a fuse, some wire and a standard Bosch 5-pin relay.
Connect a wire with fuse to the positive side of the battery. Run this wire down under the truck and into the cab. I covered all my wire in the black plastic wire covering stuff I got from Amazon.
Split the hot wire into 2 and connect each wire to a SPST switch. Connect wires to other side of the switch and run both of these wires to the back of the truck. The main truck beam is hollow and with a little fishing, you can run the wires through it.
At this point, you should have 2 hot wires run to the back of the truck, both of them run through switches in the cab.
Find a place to mount the relay. I put mine inside the left tail light well. The tail light comes out easily and there's lots of room in there. Easy to get to and nice and high...out of the elements.
Connect one of the hot wires to pin 87 and the other to pin 87a.
Pin 87 will be the master shutoff.
Pin 87a is the switch to turn them on when parked.
Connect the truck backup light wire to pin 86. Then the truck circuit will only be used to drive the relay (keeps the load low and you don't risk overloading the truck circuit)
Pin 30 to the backup lights.
Pin 85 to ground.
Note: The lights will still come on when the 87a pin switch is ON. The Master Shutoff really only keeps the lights from turning on with the truck circuit. If you want a "they don't come on no matter what" wiring setup, you'll need a different one that this.
I did this, but without the master shutoff switch. I soldered all the wire connection (push-ons for the relay) and covered them with heat shrink tubing. It's been about a year with no problems.
Good luck!
- have the b/u lights come on with the b/u lights of the truck
- turn them on manually when parked
- turn them off, so they don't come on at all
I'd thought I'd take a crack at the wiring.
You'll need 2 SPST switches, a fuse, some wire and a standard Bosch 5-pin relay.
Connect a wire with fuse to the positive side of the battery. Run this wire down under the truck and into the cab. I covered all my wire in the black plastic wire covering stuff I got from Amazon.
Split the hot wire into 2 and connect each wire to a SPST switch. Connect wires to other side of the switch and run both of these wires to the back of the truck. The main truck beam is hollow and with a little fishing, you can run the wires through it.
At this point, you should have 2 hot wires run to the back of the truck, both of them run through switches in the cab.
Find a place to mount the relay. I put mine inside the left tail light well. The tail light comes out easily and there's lots of room in there. Easy to get to and nice and high...out of the elements.
Connect one of the hot wires to pin 87 and the other to pin 87a.
Pin 87 will be the master shutoff.
Pin 87a is the switch to turn them on when parked.
Connect the truck backup light wire to pin 86. Then the truck circuit will only be used to drive the relay (keeps the load low and you don't risk overloading the truck circuit)
Pin 30 to the backup lights.
Pin 85 to ground.
Note: The lights will still come on when the 87a pin switch is ON. The Master Shutoff really only keeps the lights from turning on with the truck circuit. If you want a "they don't come on no matter what" wiring setup, you'll need a different one that this.
I did this, but without the master shutoff switch. I soldered all the wire connection (push-ons for the relay) and covered them with heat shrink tubing. It's been about a year with no problems.
Good luck!
Thx Larry