halo wiring

[mekal]

hey guys i want to hook my halos up on a seprate switch. there is a black(ground) and red wire coming out of each halo light. how should i hook them up. i already have the switch inside the car and i was told that i would need a relay. should i wire it from the battery or an open in the fuse box??? wht size relay will i need? wht amp size sould i wire it out of the fuse box(if i do it that way) i have a 97 eagle talon esi. if anyone could help me out that would be great thanks

 

[420agstuner]

i would just wire it up to the fuse box. if you wire directly from the battery if there is to much juice drawn it could melt your wires and even cause a fire because theres no fuse that can blow an stop the current flow.

 

[luv2rallye]

Wire it to your engine fusebox with a 20A fuse and 30A relay. You MUST use a relay. Do not run that much current through the firewall.

 

[meliketoball]

Hmmm, I was thinking splicing it into the side markers harness with a 3 way connector.

 

[-LA-]

i would just wire it up to the fuse box. if you wire directly from the battery if there is to much juice drawn it could melt your wires and even cause a fire because theres no fuse that can blow an stop the current flow.

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--Well since i have a 4-AWG going through my fire wall, feeding my audio system ,with a 100-AMP fuse, i was not really worried about a 30-AMP to my halos, that is.

I have my halo's on a toggle switch inside. I ran my power wire to engine fuse box under the hood. I used a blank spot that had no fuse, and put a 20-AMP fuse here also, and this terminal is hot all the time, constant 12V. then i ran the red wire inside the car to the accessory side of the toggle.

I used a in-line fuse on the wire feeding the toggle constant 12V. This fuse was a 20-AMP. My toggle has a small little light on the end of it. Which i strongly suggest you get, if you feed the 12V side of the toggle with constant power(12V) , you also get a lighted switch so you don't run your battery down, if you forget to turn it off~~

I made a hole in the rubber boot around the steering column. This way no wires are close to any metal. Just make sure if you do use that as a hole, u zip tie them up so they can never be touched by the steering column when it is being turned as you are driving.

Don't know why people are saying you need a relay. I did not use one. Don't see the need of one.

Also i found a few by searching. Might wanna look into that too for different ideas.

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P.S.-> Just to make sure we are on the same page. Your are talking about Halo's, not HID'S. Halos are the little ring around your light itself.(Angel Eyes)

Hmmm, I was thinking splicing it into the side markers harness with a 3 way connector.

Yea that can be done too. I just wanted to have more control over mine, than that. I also wanted them on w/o my parking lights having to be on.

So when i have them on, with my neons, i don't have to have my parking lights on..

Pretty much whatever i choose to when and where i want them on. All kinds of ways to do it, just find what suits your needs the best!

 

[luv2rallye]

Hmmm, I was thinking splicing it into the side markers harness with a 3 way connector.

Unless that harness has the 14 gauge wire that goes to the original headlights, that harness does not have big enough wires to handle the additional current. Is there some reason you don't want to just splice into the original 14 gauge headlight harness wire for the power (I admit I'm not familiar with halos)?

 

[-LA-]

Unless that harness has the 14 gauge wire that goes to the original headlights, that harness does not have big enough wires to handle the additional current. Is there some reason you don't want to just splice into the original 14 gauge headlight harness wire for the power (I admit I'm not familiar with halos)?

I defiantly agree on the wire size. alot of people think they can just splice into wires, and i should have elaborated more on that, than just saying it will work.

But, actually it does, but it's not smart. Thats actually how they were hooked up when i bought my car. But alot of people don't give thought into wire size and amperage draw and Resistance.

But saying it will without posting the outcome was not smart on my part. Basically it's your car and you can do what you want too, but it's not smart to just splice, or piggy back, off of other wires, without taking into consideration the extra amperage the accessory is gonna be using. But in all reality, it's not so much the amperage as it is the resistance. Smaller wire, low amperage, high resistance. In this particular set up.

And usually the wire is only big enough +<1% over amperage that is there anyways. When they made the car and wired it, they didn't really care if you need extra"or bigger wire" to hook stuff up.

Always take that into thought before using a existing wire to feed something extra or aftermarket.

 

[bjbaxter]

FINALLY!!!!! ^^^ someone else that went out of the way and hooked the halos up on a seperate switch to run with JUST THEM on. They look so stupid when they are on with the parking lights,... takes away from the cool look they bring to a DSM

 

[luv2rallye]

FINALLY!!!!! ^^^ someone else that went out of the way and hooked the halos up on a seperate switch to run with JUST THEM on. They look so stupid when they are on with the parking lights,... takes away from the cool look they bring to a DSM

Ok now I see what you want - to just run them alone. To properly wire this you should wire the lights positive to a 30A relay with 20A fuse going to battery positive (or fusebox +12V rail). Lights negative to ground. Lights positive and negative should use 14 gauge wire all the way to the +12V source and ground. Connect the relay's control wire (one side of relay coil) to the switch in the dash and the other relay control wire (other side of relay coil) to ground. Connect the other side of switch to a source that has +12V when you want to be able to control the lights with the switch (eg. ignition - that way they will automatically go off when ignition is turned off).

 

[mekal]

thanks guys got more than enough info to wire them up

 

[-LA-]

FINALLY!!!!! ^^^ someone else that went out of the way and hooked the halos up on a seperate switch to run with JUST THEM on. They look so stupid when they are on with the parking lights,... takes away from the cool look they bring to a DSM

+1 Kinda defeats the whole purpose on having halos if the parking lights have to be on. Looks Alot better when there on by themselves.

 

[mekal]

ya they do... thanks for the help guys i got them hooked up in like 30 minutes.... they look sweet

 

[twoTSis]

Yeah mekal they are pretty badass. Took you long enough to get them hooked up though. Remember when you and I first installed them...how long ago was that?

Hmmm, I was thinking splicing it into the side markers harness with a 3 way connector.

That'd be bad ass to have your halos blinking with your turn signal lights.
A bit more work though.

 

[ZaibachX]

Finally found a thread bout wiring halos w/ a switch. Think anyone can show some pics of how this is done? I'm sort of a visual person and a noob. Or possibly go into a more in depth explanation of what I would have to buy and stuff.

 

[folly6767]

Ok now I see what you want - to just run them alone. To properly wire this you should wire the lights positive to a 30A relay with 20A fuse going to battery positive (or fusebox +12V rail). Lights negative to ground. Lights positive and negative should use 14 gauge wire all the way to the +12V source and ground. Connect the relay's control wire (one side of relay coil) to the switch in the dash and the other relay control wire (other side of relay coil) to ground. Connect the other side of switch to a source that has +12V when you want to be able to control the lights with the switch (eg. ignition - that way they will automatically go off when ignition is turned off).

Sorry to dig up an old thread but this description is a little confusing (or I'm just dumb). Can someone draw me up a little retard proof diagram on paint? Please!