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saltydog



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Wiring Diagram for Flatdog DRL Bumper
Could anyone give me some details on how to wire the Flatdog DRL Bumper correctly. There are no instructions with the bumper so want to be sure I do it correctly. Any advice would be grately appreciated. Many thanks in advance. LR Defender 110 XS Utility Wagon
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Post #514457 15th Mar 2016 8:07am
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Go Beyond



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Presuming you have the Ring DRL controller with three wires ?

Red to battery positive terminal (through a fuse)

Black to battery negative terminal

Orange to positive of one or other side lights

The unit is voltage sensing and will turn on DRLs when you start the engine and will turn off a short while after you turn the engine off.

The DRLs will not function when the sidelights are on (to comply with the law)

Hope that helps
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Re: Wiring Diagram for Flatdog DRL Bumper
saltydog wrote:
Could anyone give me some details on how to wire the Flatdog DRL Bumper correctly. There are no instructions with the bumper so want to be sure I do it correctly. Any advice would be grately appreciated. Many thanks in advance.


If you're still stuck and you haven't given the guys at Flat Dog a ring then I'd do so - they always go above and beyond in my experience Thumbs Up
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saltydog



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Have asked them but no reply.... Sad LR Defender 110 XS Utility Wagon
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Post #515053 16th Mar 2016 7:49pm
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Go Beyond



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If you tell us what cables you have we might be able to help
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saltydog wrote:
Have asked them but no reply.... Sad


That's a real shame given my own positive experience of Flat Dog.

Let's hope Go Beyond can assist Thumbs Up
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saltydog



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OK my guys are tying to work it out from the Ring Aurora LED Lighting kit that is supplied with the Flatdog bumper. The info I had was that we needed to take a live wire from the ignition to start the lights. The doccumentation with the lights suggests they have a auto switching relay which when connected to the battery detects a change in voltage during the starting process which will put the lights on. Then when you put the side/main lights on they will go out. Just really trying to find out if I go with the suggestions from Ring in their doccumentation or do something different ( Defender Specific ) any help would be useful. LR Defender 110 XS Utility Wagon
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Post #515287 17th Mar 2016 12:42pm
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Did you read my response above ?
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saltydog



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I am not with the unit right now so I cant give you the wires combination. It is the standard Ring Aurora Lighting Unit. LR Defender 110 XS Utility Wagon
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From Flatdog to me in answer to the same query
"Three wire connection.
Live and earth directly to battery (must be actually to the battery as they work on a voltage drop system) and third wire to the live of the side light circuit (easiest place to connect to is the side light itself)" 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
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saltydog



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I have wired it accoding to the doccumentation with the Ring Aurora Lighting kit and as described above. I was under the impression I had to run a wire from the actual ignition switch on the dash but it seems not. All working fine...Thanks for the help everyone, greately appreciated. LR Defender 110 XS Utility Wagon
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No reason the permanent live couldn't be wired in to ignition live, would mean the voltage sensing relay wasn't drawing power all the time.
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Ordered this bumper for delivery tomorrow Smile

What is the best routing to get wires direct to the battery? 2020 110 D200 Base - Pangea with satin paint protection
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Not done it myself (yet!) But have just wired in the LR OEM harness for auxiliary front lights direct to the battery. It goes across the front cross member under the cooling pack, along the nearside chassis rail where the existing harness is, then into the battery box through the current grommet where the battery to chassis earth lead goes. Easy enough and obvious once you're under the car. Not so sure about side light feed, but was thinking of using a mud stuff piggy back loom for ease.
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Thanks Andy - will give that a go at the weekend Thumbs Up

The Mud Stuff loom is a good idea, but I've got some waterproof splices somewhere so will use one of those I think. 2020 110 D200 Base - Pangea with satin paint protection
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