I used Hella XL driving lights and ran the power to my relay directly from
the secondary battery, but it's just as easy to run a lead wire from the
main battery, through the vent tube and under the vehicle.  I eventually
used the same wire to power my triple Mercedes S-class horn.

2008/7/31 Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net>

> Hi all,
>
>  I am installing some KC Daylighter lights onto my 84 vans front bumper.
> These came from my now retired big Ford.  100 watt bulbs, you see em
> everywhere on showboat trucks and buggies, the big round ones with the
> 'smiler face' covers sometimes.
>
>  Anyhow, I used these on my pickup in Baja and on deserted roads and
> they've saved me a few cow and deer encounters so now they are going onto
> the van.
>  So far, I have all the stuff and the hardware is in place, with the lights
> drilled into the bumpers right under my headlights.  I also have a genuine
> VW auxiliary light switch for the blank position in my dash switch panel.
> Here's my plan..see if it makes sense.  I plan to take a small lead from my
> high beams, probably from the fuse panel and run that to the aux light
> switch.  I will use the aux light switch to control a 30 amp relay to power
> the lights, but the aux. light switch will only get power through the
> switch
> if the high beams are on.  So, if I want the aux lights on, I have to run
> the high beams..and if I dim the high beams, the aux light switch will no
> longer power that relay, so the auxiliary lights will go off also.  Just in
> case I am on a mountain road and come round a corner encountering a stray
> vehicle with my driving lights on, a quick dip of the high beams will kill
> em. (as is mandated by law, too, I think, though the KC lights aren't
> highway legal anyhow.)
>
>  So the question is, where is a good place to get some power for the power
> side of the light relay I plan to install as close to the lights as
> possible.  Shorter is better, right?  But I don't want to chance
> overloading
> a critical circuit so what would be good?  I could come forward from my
> coach battery (under the driver seat) or maybe from the fan power supply.
> Not the headlights..as I'd hate blowing a fuse and being lightless at
> speed..
>  any suggestions, any 'gotchas' with my plan?
>  Thanks,
>  Don Hanson
>
>  I don't care if it doesn't look 'factory'.  I can live with extra visible
> wires.  Easy of install overrides beauty, but durability and function
> trumps
> all.
>

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Chris S.
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