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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / March 2006

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Question on my projector lights for 05 f150

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Mike B. - 23 Mar 2006 03:13 GMT
I just purchased a pair of projector twin halo lights for my truck 2005
f150. So far I have all the regular lights ( main,highbeam, blinker, and
park) hooked up. They are just the old lights into a new casing. For the
Halo lights however I have both a red and black wire that I have to splice
into something but I am not sure what. The install directions did not get
shipped. Do I just splice the wires into the main wires for the regular park
light(stays on always)? I know I need 12V to get them to work...is that a
good source? It also has some LED lights with two separate wires as well.
Can I splice both the halo and LED lights into the park light at the same
time?

If anyone has ever hooked these up or has general knowledge about this
please help. I don't want to just start splicing wires and then have to fix
what I just did if I hook them up wrong.
Mike Romain - 23 Mar 2006 16:47 GMT
'Usually' you need a relay and a clean fused power line for high powered
lights.  The lights will draw too much for the stock switches or to be
added to any stock wire size powering anything else.

You also have to watch 'when' you have the lights on in most places.  If
they are classed as fog lights, they are only allowed on with the low
beams, if they are driving lights, they are only allowed on with the
high beams.  I know people that have been nailed for having lights on at
the wrong time.

You can have the relay power triggered by a tag on either the high or
low beams or running lights.   The relay's trigger wire draws almost no
power.

Here is one site on them:
http://www.classictruckshop.com/clubs/earlyburbs/projects/bosch/relay.htm

and this one:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html

Mike
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> I just purchased a pair of projector twin halo lights for my truck 2005
> f150. So far I have all the regular lights ( main,highbeam, blinker, and
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> please help. I don't want to just start splicing wires and then have to fix
> what I just did if I hook them up wrong.

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