I've been searching on and off since I picked this thing up. I got it for dirt cheap and grabbed an arm rest console switch for it to wire it up.
It seems most people just run them off of their tail lights, but that seems way to "cut corners" for me. I'd really like to get it functioning as properly as I can.
I'm sure I need a relay and a fuse. Here's what I have:
(Hidden wire in bottom right seems to also be black with red spots on it)
What I'm curious on, is if anyone has hooked it up to work properly off the switch, and if so, how it was done. The ONLY thread I could find where a guy wired it into a 5th/6th gen Civic to work from the switch, he used *4* FOUR relays to make it work, which sounds beyond wrong to me.
Anyone have any information on to wire this sucker up properly? I'm even just looking up basic information on the switch wiring, and coming up dry
Someone let me know if I'm looking at this the right way?
There appears to be constants between the two diagrams except for the Ground / Ground vs the Ground / Power From Lights.
So I'm assuming (based off the picture of the switch I bought, I posted in original post, starting at 12 o'clock:
1st pin (top red / black) is a constant +12v, connect to the battery, and here I put my fuse.
2nd pin (bottom red / black) where one diagram says unused, the other says ground, I should ground it. Even if it's not used (odd), grounding it can't hurt?
3rd pin (yellow red) is the +12v from the relay. Should the fuse go here instead, or does it make a difference? Or do I need two fuses?
4th pin (black wire to the right) says power FROM lights, or ground. Lost here... Is this the negative from the lights?
5th pin (black wire to the left) says Ground, should be easy to figure out.
I questioning the power to the relay, thinking I'm using two fuses. Someone help me here. This would be the 30. 85 will be ground. I'm good with these two.
86 is + and 87 is -, but I'm lost here also. Am I going 3rd pin (R/Y) to 86 and 4th pin (Blk) to 87?
Any help is appreciated!
It seems most people just run them off of their tail lights, but that seems way to "cut corners" for me. I'd really like to get it functioning as properly as I can.
I'm sure I need a relay and a fuse. Here's what I have:
(Hidden wire in bottom right seems to also be black with red spots on it)
What I'm curious on, is if anyone has hooked it up to work properly off the switch, and if so, how it was done. The ONLY thread I could find where a guy wired it into a 5th/6th gen Civic to work from the switch, he used *4* FOUR relays to make it work, which sounds beyond wrong to me.
Anyone have any information on to wire this sucker up properly? I'm even just looking up basic information on the switch wiring, and coming up dry
Someone let me know if I'm looking at this the right way?
There appears to be constants between the two diagrams except for the Ground / Ground vs the Ground / Power From Lights.
So I'm assuming (based off the picture of the switch I bought, I posted in original post, starting at 12 o'clock:
1st pin (top red / black) is a constant +12v, connect to the battery, and here I put my fuse.
2nd pin (bottom red / black) where one diagram says unused, the other says ground, I should ground it. Even if it's not used (odd), grounding it can't hurt?
3rd pin (yellow red) is the +12v from the relay. Should the fuse go here instead, or does it make a difference? Or do I need two fuses?
4th pin (black wire to the right) says power FROM lights, or ground. Lost here... Is this the negative from the lights?
5th pin (black wire to the left) says Ground, should be easy to figure out.
I questioning the power to the relay, thinking I'm using two fuses. Someone help me here. This would be the 30. 85 will be ground. I'm good with these two.
86 is + and 87 is -, but I'm lost here also. Am I going 3rd pin (R/Y) to 86 and 4th pin (Blk) to 87?
Any help is appreciated!
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