Finding power for DRL kit
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From: Dublin OH
Finding power for DRL kit
Greetings all,
I know a lot of you don't like daytime running lights, but I happen to think it's a great look, so I bought a DRL kit from webelectricproducts.com. The installation is simple but I'm having trouble finding a good place to tap in for power. I need a 15 amp switched power line. Preferable the line would be live only when the ignition is is "run" and not "accry" as I don't want the DRLs on when I'm sitting in a parking lot listening to the radio. If anyone has installed this kit, where did you tap power? Anyone else have suggestions on which circuit I could tap and where the hot wire can be found? I'd much prefer a wire under the hood as that is where the kit is located.
Many thanks! :cheers:
John
I know a lot of you don't like daytime running lights, but I happen to think it's a great look, so I bought a DRL kit from webelectricproducts.com. The installation is simple but I'm having trouble finding a good place to tap in for power. I need a 15 amp switched power line. Preferable the line would be live only when the ignition is is "run" and not "accry" as I don't want the DRLs on when I'm sitting in a parking lot listening to the radio. If anyone has installed this kit, where did you tap power? Anyone else have suggestions on which circuit I could tap and where the hot wire can be found? I'd much prefer a wire under the hood as that is where the kit is located.
Many thanks! :cheers:
John
Drifting
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From: Bucks county Pa
Re: Finding power for DRL kit (ThingFish)
You should have a provision in the fuse block labled IGN. If not i would suggest something that you dont use like rear defogger its a higher amp rating than you need but for lights on all the time 15 sounds low. If you share a 15 amp cicuit with something else when both are ON the current draw will be too high. Under the hood all you got is computer power, fan power and a couple of emission relays. None of which make a good candidate. Is it just triggering a relay? That would make sense... Yeah i vote for tapping the fuse for rear defrost. For as often as its on and for only a few minutes might be a good chioce if you dont have an empty provision, which you might check for that first.
Le Mans Master
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From: San Diego, Ca
Re: Finding power for DRL kit (blk90rdstr)
Ignition signal to the Defogger relay is generally a signal to a bunch of other stuff too and designed for light loads. The other side of the relay is usually a 30amp self setting circuit breaker that is hot at all times, so I wouldn't use it either for a 15 amp "key on" circuit. Why not just splice into the ignition at the output side of the switch with a new 15 amp fuse. You may have to drop the column, but it shouldn't be too difficult.
