backup lights installed.
#32
01-07-2008, 10:45 PM
RE: backup lights installed.
ORIGINAL: ICEMAN_CH
Yea, It gave me wood. [8D] I want to be hankl when I grow up 
ORIGINAL: dodgeman22
that was very technical
that was very technical
y'all are right, but i can still see better than i could, even with my dinky lights.
i visited the local parts stores yesterday looking for a roll of 14 awg, relay and pigtail, wire loom, and fuse block (backup lights, cb too).
found a nice little 4 position fuse block that i can power from the battery, and then fuse each circuit. bought it.
wire was over priced.
loom was over priced
didn't have a relay pigtail
damn.
so i looked on the internet trying to find a single site that had them all, with decent pricing, and with one combined shipping charge. no success.
found wire.
http://www.amazon.com/Term-52145-Bul...590&sr=8-1
found relay and pigtail
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-rela...680&sr=8-2
found loom
http://www.amazon.com/Pico-5140PT-Co...861&sr=8-1
fuse block. about $5 at autozone.
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...goryCode=4017D
but when 3 sets of shipping charges get added in, the damn shipping is more than the parts.
if anybody finds the perfect site with everything, post it here.
#33
01-07-2008, 11:31 PM
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RE: backup lights installed.
ORIGINAL: ICEMAN_CH
amps = current
They are the same thing. Current is the thing, amps is the measurment of the thing. You have 20 amps of electrical current. Here's a quick note about a possible mod. Remeber power is equal to voltage times current and voltage is equal to current times resitance.
25 watts divided by 12 volts is 2.08 Amps. 12 Volts divided by 2.08 amps is 5.7 Ohms. 5.7 is the resistance of the lights that you installed. I used 12 volts since that is what they are designed to run at. Your total circuit resistance if you have two of these lights is exactly half of what one of them would be if they are hooked up in parrellel and not series. So the total resistance is 2.85. If we look at pulling the wire off of the already existing circuits for the reverse lights then we can use 6 volts for the voltage. 6 volts divided by 2.85 ohms is 2.1 Amps. 2.1 Amps times 6 volts is equal to 12.6 Watts. If we look at a fresh circuit with a bigger wire pulled from the battery so that we have 12 volts instead of 6 then 12 volts divided by 2.85 Ohms is 4.21 Amps. 4.21 Amps times 12 volts is 50.5 Watts. Your only getting a quarter of the light output from using the reverse lights. By using a new wire that is sized big enough so you don’t loose all of the voltage over the length of the wire you gain almost 4 times the light output.
Now for the possible mod.I haven’t actually looked at the reverse circuit to see if it is the wire that is limiting the voltage of if there is a device they are using to limit it but, you might be able to pull a new wire for that circuit and have brighter reverse lights. That is if the bulbs can handle it without melting the lenses.
ORIGINAL: THEGOLDPRO
hahah i take no offence to anyhting man, you spelled it out the very techinal way, i spelled it out in laymans terms, lol but in the end the ONLY right way to wire them is to run a 14gauge wire from the battery to the lights to make sure you have a good 12 volts.
also i thought amps were what kills you. but again im a retard with electrical, lol
hahah i take no offence to anyhting man, you spelled it out the very techinal way, i spelled it out in laymans terms, lol but in the end the ONLY right way to wire them is to run a 14gauge wire from the battery to the lights to make sure you have a good 12 volts.
also i thought amps were what kills you. but again im a retard with electrical, lol
They are the same thing. Current is the thing, amps is the measurment of the thing. You have 20 amps of electrical current. Here's a quick note about a possible mod. Remeber power is equal to voltage times current and voltage is equal to current times resitance.
25 watts divided by 12 volts is 2.08 Amps. 12 Volts divided by 2.08 amps is 5.7 Ohms. 5.7 is the resistance of the lights that you installed. I used 12 volts since that is what they are designed to run at. Your total circuit resistance if you have two of these lights is exactly half of what one of them would be if they are hooked up in parrellel and not series. So the total resistance is 2.85. If we look at pulling the wire off of the already existing circuits for the reverse lights then we can use 6 volts for the voltage. 6 volts divided by 2.85 ohms is 2.1 Amps. 2.1 Amps times 6 volts is equal to 12.6 Watts. If we look at a fresh circuit with a bigger wire pulled from the battery so that we have 12 volts instead of 6 then 12 volts divided by 2.85 Ohms is 4.21 Amps. 4.21 Amps times 12 volts is 50.5 Watts. Your only getting a quarter of the light output from using the reverse lights. By using a new wire that is sized big enough so you don’t loose all of the voltage over the length of the wire you gain almost 4 times the light output.
Now for the possible mod.I haven’t actually looked at the reverse circuit to see if it is the wire that is limiting the voltage of if there is a device they are using to limit it but, you might be able to pull a new wire for that circuit and have brighter reverse lights. That is if the bulbs can handle it without melting the lenses.
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01-08-2008, 02:36 PM
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RE: backup lights installed.
How about something like this ....
http://www.genosgarage.com/prodinfo....70117-PAINLESS
PAINLESS WIRING KIT - ALL IGNITION HOT
Item Number :PPP-70117-PAINLESS
Unit Price: $71.95
Detailed Description
No doubt about it, you’re going to add accessories to your Turbo Diesel. As a solution to those unorganized, haphazard accessory wiring situations, add a Painless Wiring auxiliary fuse block.
Painless Wiring Kit - Cirkit Boss Auxiliary Fuse Block - All Ignition Hot
They have others if this isn't what you are looking for.
http://www.genosgarage.com/prodinfo....70117-PAINLESS
PAINLESS WIRING KIT - ALL IGNITION HOT
Item Number :PPP-70117-PAINLESS
Unit Price: $71.95
Detailed Description
No doubt about it, you’re going to add accessories to your Turbo Diesel. As a solution to those unorganized, haphazard accessory wiring situations, add a Painless Wiring auxiliary fuse block.
Painless Wiring Kit - Cirkit Boss Auxiliary Fuse Block - All Ignition Hot
They have others if this isn't what you are looking for.
#38
01-08-2008, 05:31 PM
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RE: backup lights installed.
ORIGINAL: EricCartman
Definitely a good use... but I think it would be more entertaining (at least for me) if the brake lights werewired up to a switch too.That way, you can give them a fake brake check causingthem slam on their brakes and squirm.
Definitely a good use... but I think it would be more entertaining (at least for me) if the brake lights werewired up to a switch too.That way, you can give them a fake brake check causingthem slam on their brakes and squirm.
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01-09-2008, 01:04 AM
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RE: backup lights installed.
ummmm check www.jcwhitney.com, thats where i got mine, they have free shipping as well.
