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Car Forum / Jeep / January 2004fog light power source
I've got a 98 ZJ that I'm putting an ARB Bull Bar with a PIAA 580 fog light kit on to replace my stock pos styrofoam bumper and fogs. What's a good power source for these? I was thinking of tieing into one of my stock foglight power wires for switch power and using the PIAA relay which is grounded and runs directly from the battery. That way, I'm thinking I could just leave the PIAA switch ON, and use my existing fog switch on my dash to cut off-and-on. Anybody done this or something similar? Tom Hey tom, I don't have any advice for you, but I wanted to ask you if you could post a few pictures (or a link, or I could give you my email address) when you're done? I'm thinking of doing something similar with my YJ and was hoping to see how it looks - the Bull bar and the 580's... Thanks! > I've got a 98 ZJ that I'm putting an ARB Bull Bar with a PIAA 580 fog light > kit on to replace my stock pos styrofoam bumper and fogs. What's a good [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > cut off-and-on. Anybody done this or something similar? > Tom > Hey tom, I don't have any advice for you, but I wanted to ask you if you > could post a few pictures (or a link, or I could give you my email address) [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > cut off-and-on. Anybody done this or something similar? > > Tom Jimmy, I'll put a couple of pix up and shoot you a link when I'm all done. Tom That would be great, thanks > > Hey tom, I don't have any advice for you, but I wanted to ask you if you > > could post a few pictures (or a link, or I could give you my email [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Jimmy, I'll put a couple of pix up and shoot you a link when I'm all done. > Tom tom did pass the time by typing: > I've got a 98 ZJ that I'm putting an ARB Bull Bar with a PIAA 580 fog light > kit on to replace my stock pos styrofoam bumper and fogs. What's a good [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > just leave the PIAA switch ON, and use my existing fog switch on my dash to > cut off-and-on. Anybody done this or something similar? Why bother with the PIAA switch at all? relay old fog >--------------) ____.------(fuse)-----> Battery coil) common ) /\-----------------> fog lights ground >--------------) no no == normally open  Signature-- DougW -- 93 ZJ 4.0 http://members.cox.net/wilsond HESCO Supercharger - 300W IASCA Stereo - Edelbrock IAS Shocks Gibson Exhaust - rear DCpower - custom gauge install - Stillen Rotors Doug, I'm not really sure I "get" your diagram. I think I need to use the PIAA switch to work with their harness. I don't believe my stock wiring is quite up to the increased wattage. > tom did pass the time by typing: > > I've got a 98 ZJ that I'm putting an ARB Bull Bar with a PIAA 580 fog light [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > no == normally open Tom, the switch is only controlling the fog light relay, not the lights themselves... so you don't need a heavier switch because you're going with a higher wattage fog light. Now the wiring between the relay and fog lights might need to be made heavier, maybe not depending on their gauge, but the wiring and the switch on the other side of the factory foglight relay will be just fine. Jerry -- Jerry Bransford To email, remove 'me' from my email address KC6TAY, PP-ASEL See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ > Doug, > I'm not really sure I "get" your diagram. I think I need to use the PIAA [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > no == normally open tom did pass the time by typing: > Doug, > I'm not really sure I "get" your diagram. I think I need to use the PIAA > switch to work with their harness. I don't believe my stock wiring is quite > up to the increased wattage. PIAA should have more than one way to hook up the fogs similar to http://www.ae92gts.com/images/auxlamp_wiring.gif The circuit I gave uses the existing foglight wire to energize the relay. The relay then powers the lamps directly from the battery. I'm not familiar with PIAAs harness and it appears they don't put instructions on their website. :/ SignatureDougW Doug & Jerry, Thanx. I think I understand now. I'll just disconnect the switch/wire and splice into one of my fog connections. I was probably making it a little more difficult than it really needed to be. tom > Doug, > I'm not really sure I "get" your diagram. I think I need to use the PIAA [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > > > no == normally open |
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