Paul_1978 wrote:

fekete wrote:

Paul i have the LR Switchs and the plug that go's in the back

Ive orded it now and paid, doh!
Thanks.

Ive been looking for the diagram, i had a print out, but a bit of searching and ive found it..


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Right guys what is the high beam warning lamp wire for 86 ?.........and do's the 12v dash illumination wire just connect to a live in the dash ?

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The difference between that diagram and mine is mine switches earth not +ve.

Most land rover stuff swtiches at earth

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Right guys what is the high beam warning lamp wire for 86 ?.........and do's the 12v dash illumination wire just connect to a live in the dash ?

Paul_1978 wrote:

Looking at the wiring diagram for the TD5, windows, heated seats, fuel pump etc are all controled in the +ve circuit.

Land Rover use earth to switch relays, as like you say this cuts down on cable runs, but in most high current circuits +ve is allways switched and the device bonded locally to earth, again cutting down on cables run.

Best practice is to switch +ve load on relay applications.

leeds wrote:

Fuse boxes?

Choices abound. Anything from an inline fuse to 4/6/8/12 fuse boxes.

Prices from a few £ to up to about £50

Which one to go for?

Well the ones we use in our vehicles are 12 fuse box with a common negative bus bar. We take negative cable from the equipment back to the fuse box and hence battery rather then using the chassis as earth return path. Hopefully helps avoid those potential earthing problems






If you have a twin battery set up don't put it in the main battery box (unlike Devon ) If you need to change fuses and have it in main battery box with twin batteries you may just have to take a battery out to replace a fuse! OK small hands, small batteries you might get away with it.

In black puma it is located in drivers box. In red overland vehicle it is in the battery box Yes I need to sort out that battery box one day


HTH

Brendan

Brendan

Cheers Brendan that's the type of thing i'm looking at

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Paul_1978 wrote:

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Right guys what is the high beam warning lamp wire for 86 ?.........and do's the 12v dash illumination wire just connect to a live in the dash ?

The high beam wire is to supply +12v to the relay, so spots can not come on without high beam being selected on the stalk.

The colour of that wire is as land rover loom, can be found at the rear of the dash.

Easy way to pick up illumination is to piggy back off the fag lighter lamp, just need +.

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mse wrote:

I actually beg to differ in this application.

Spotlights have their own +ve anyway without any input from the fact the switch is driving the earth circuit - the +ve is a feed from the battery via the relay to the lights all the earth feed is doing is the exact same thing as the +ve swtich feed - which is making the relay able to switch the current - both earth and feed only need an amp at most.

I also wouldnt wire it like that (although i accept its a wiring diagram issue probably) if i was wiring to +ve

mse wrote:

I kept them independent - the spots are higher wattage than the road allows in the UK anyway.

Plus its nice to have them as a back up should you need or on without mainbeam as well - when mine are on there is no need for mainbeam.

For those reasons it doesnt trigger from main beam

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