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bigbird · 02-06-2009, 08:21 PM

sup guys. im not gonna pretend im real good when it comes to wiring stuff. and i wasnt able to find anything in old posts, so i figuired id explain my plan and ask for advice.

as some of ya know i bought headlights recently with dual halos in them and they came with a wiring module which links both halos into one 2 wire connection. i wanted to have control of high and low beam halos separatly so im gonna splice and make that happen. i had asked the manufacturer about install and they recommended wiring directly to the battery. im lookin to wire each set to a switch so i figured that was an acceptable solution.

i guess my biggest question is whether i need fuses or not? i went ahead and bought two 30amp fuses for each set of halos but im shootin from the hip on that. any advice or tips would be a big help.

skuttduck · 02-06-2009, 08:35 PM

30 amp is a lot. I run my 2 PPI amps, 300 watts total off of a 30 amp fuse.

You probably don't need a fuse that large. I'd be concerned that you would fry your halos by putting in a fuse that large if you had a surge.

10 gauge wire is also what you need to handle a load of 30 amp.

If it were me, I would go with a single digit amperage. 7 amps or something.
I would still put a fuse on there to protect your halos.

bigbird · 02-07-2009, 09:34 AM

ok cool, thank you for the schooling

. hopefully i can get this all done and post up pics finally.

***Eye8Pussies*** · 02-07-2009, 11:37 AM

I would wire it up to the corner lights (both high and low halos) and then run separate switches. That way they are fused and you also won't leave them on by accident and come back to a dead battery.

Spitfire · 02-07-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Eye8Pussies

I would wire it up to the corner lights (both high and low halos) and then run separate switches. That way they are fused and you also won't leave them on by accident and come back to a dead battery.

exactly what he said ^

i use to have that done to my foglights. Now i just delted the switch so my fogs come on with the parking lights since i had them on when ever i had lights on anyways lol. as far as a fuse goes you should only need one inline fuse per set of halos. since you are running the highs and lows seperate. 2 will b fine. with most basic lighting ive used just a 15 amp fuse and it works great but just enough tho because i have still poped my 15 amps once or twice so i know its not to much.

I know it was a basic explanation but maybe it will help just a little bit

as far as the wire, like what skutt said i would go with a 10 guage

bigbird · 02-07-2009, 11:09 PM

my only concern with wiring them using the side markers is wether that circuit would be able to support the extra load of all 4 halos. i was just gonna run it from the battery and put a 15 or so amp fuse in line. forgetting they are on is a concern but i usually dont forget that kind of stuff and to make sure i got switches with LEDs in them. however, if it can support it id rather power them through the markers.

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as far as the wire, like what skutt said i would go with a 10 guage

you mean 10amp? 10 gauge wire would be over kill for 4 little halos.

skuttduck · 02-08-2009, 08:59 AM

Is there anyway you can find out the power consumption on the halos? Aren't they just LED lights?

I don't see any reason why you couldn't do what eye8pussies said, and wire them into the parking lights, as that is what is recommended when you have halo lights.

That is what the instructions told me to do when I bought my black halo lights. The only difference is that you have two halos instead of one, and you are going to install a switch on them.

If you hook them up that way, and your halos somehow draw too much then your fuse for your parking lights will blow.

bigbird · 02-08-2009, 09:28 AM

im not sure what their consumption is and im not sure how to find that out. but if they do blow the fuse then i can just move them to the battery if that doesnt work. im not sure if they are LEDs, thers a small white ring inside the halo casing...not sure if there is a LED in there or not. ill give it a try and see. thanks guys

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CamryWilly · 02-08-2009, 10:10 AM

The halos look like a cold cathode or a small neon ring to me...

bigbird · 02-08-2009, 01:02 PM

welp, it all worked out well...for the drivers side

. passenger side doesnt work at all. i used process of elimination to rule out my doing for teh most part so the halos may just be bad. ill have to look into it. what i tired to do was to make control of high beam halos and low beam halos seprate.

the kit came with 2 transformer like boxes that the halos plug into at each headlight and then they turn all on as one circuit. what i had done was extend the wiring from the passenger side ones and run them to the drivers side of the car to connect up to the boxes. the boxes are fine, they both provided power to the driver side ones. the wires comming from the halos are non-descript, meaning they have no indication of + or -. im thinking if it is my doing that i may have reversed + and - (if positive and negative isnt interchangable) on thoes and blown them out, but im not sure...i have no expreiance with these.

skuttduck · 02-08-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbird

welp, it all worked out well...for the drivers side

. passenger side doesnt work at all. i used process of elimination to rule out my doing for teh most part so the halos may just be bad. ill have to look into it. what i tired to do was to make control of high beam halos and low beam halos seprate.

the kit came with 2 transformer like boxes that the halos plug into at each headlight and then they turn all on as one circuit. what i had done was extend the wiring from the passenger side ones and run them to the drivers side of the car to connect up to the boxes. the boxes are fine, they both provided power to the driver side ones. the wires comming from the halos are non-descript, meaning they have no indication of + or -. im thinking if it is my doing that i may have reversed + and - (if positive and negative isnt interchangable) on thoes and blown them out, but im not sure...i have no expreiance with these.

As a suggestion, I tested mine out by a 12 volt DC adapter, and just hooked them up to the halos. It didn't matter the positive or the negative.

I also hooked them up to the right parking light wire by first shoving the wires into the harness that supplies the parking light. At first I had it hooked to the turn signal, so I was able to determine on my 2000 camry that the wire I wanted was the green with the orange stripe.

I also instead of tapping into the wiring for the negative, I merely put the wire under the bolt for the headlight and tightend, as that was grounded. In fact on the drivers side you could see a bolt under the headlight is used to run the white/black wires for the ground.