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  1. Join Date
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    #1
    Good day mga bro,

    Tanong ko lang naglagay kc ako ng additional light na may relay at nakatap sa park light para sa switch ang kaso pag naka off na lahat pati engine hindi pa rin namamatay ang light na ikinabit ko kaya tinanggal ko na lang ang koneksyon baka kc magka problema pa ako sa electrical.

    Ano kaya ang pinakamaganda i direct ko na lang at magsarili na lang switch.

    Slmat ng marami.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrmax View Post
    Good day mga bro,

    Tanong ko lang naglagay kc ako ng additional light na may relay at nakatap sa park light para sa switch ang kaso pag naka off na lahat pati engine hindi pa rin namamatay ang light na ikinabit ko kaya tinanggal ko na lang ang koneksyon baka kc magka problema pa ako sa electrical.

    Ano kaya ang pinakamaganda i direct ko na lang at magsarili na lang switch.

    Slmat ng marami.
    Huh? Baka mali lang ang pagkakabit ng wires sa relay. I-consult mo sa electrician, this problems needs ocular inspection. Di ko kayang i-fix remotely. Hehe.

    Basta dapat yung positive lang ang nakakabit sa fog lights going to the relay (i-separate mo siguro, para magamit yung dalawang terminals), yung common nila nakadugtong sa positive terminal ng battery. Tapos yung terminals ng relay sa side, yun ang naka-tap sa switch ng park lights.

    Yung ground ng fog lights, i-connect mo lang sa body ng sasakyan.

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    Thanks, recently lang naman sya nagkaganun more than six months ko na syang gamit, kaya tinigil ko muna.

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    Ihiwalay mo na lang at palagyan ng sariling switch. Hindi naman kailangang naka-ON ang foglights ng sasakyan mo tuwing gagamitin mo ang headlamps o park lights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrmax View Post
    Thanks, recently lang naman sya nagkaganun more than six months ko na syang gamit, kaya tinigil ko muna.

    That is weird.... Papaano mo na-connect ang relay for this set of lights? Did you connect the park light wire, the one that is directly connected to the park light, sa low current side ng relay? From what you are describing, it looks like the relay is busted/shorted which directly connects the battery(live 12V) to the fog lamps...

    Anyway, I suggest the following (if you turn on the park light, it will turn on the fog lamps as well) :

    1. Check the fuse amp rating and the relay amp rating of your park lights and make sure that they can accomodate your fog lamps. Most of the times, they are designed to do it.
    2. Directly connect the wire/s from the park lights to the fog lamps.

    -or- if you still want to use a relay

    1. Connect the wire in the low current side of the relay of your park light to the low current side of the relay in your fog lamps.
    2. Connect a (live) 12V wire to one side of the relay (high current side)
    3. Connect the other side to you fog lamps
    4. Ground on the body

    5808:bee:

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