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Trying to figure out how to run this relay for my projectors

Old Aug 18, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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Ok so as the title says, I'm in a bit of a pickle. I bought a set of projector headlights from protuninglabs it came with a relay wiring harness. Only the trouble is I don't really know how to hook it up. Never done anything with relays before. Anyways I snapped some pics to show you guys. What I got, hopefully y'all can point me in the right direction. Truck is a 96 Ram 1500 Sport.

Here is a picture of the headlight wiring:
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Now it is plug and play. I just don't know if I should put the relay harness on or if I really don't need it at all.
I assume these wires are for the l.e.d. and halo:
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This is the relay wiring harness:
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Relay I presume:
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What I have in my hand is the fuse:
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They sent me the low/high but this was for the later model sports I believe with the dual headlight bulb setup:
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Old Aug 18, 2013 | 09:33 PM
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On the relay, pin 85 should have constant power. Pin 86 should go to the headlamp switch. That is the control circuit for the relay. Headlamp switch provides ground path to complete the circuit, and activate the relay.

Pin 30 should get battery power, on a FAT wire. Pin 87 goes to whatever sends power to the headlights. (funny little box? would be my guess.) Did your kit come with a wiring diagram?
 
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Old Aug 18, 2013 | 09:34 PM
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Okay let's get to the meat of this topic.
Now this is how it is wired and hooked up right now. plug n play:
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Are both sides supposed to be hooked up like this? By unplugging the harness on the light and plugging in the clips from the relay harness instead? Would this be supplying all the power from the battery? If I am supposed to hook them up this way what do I do with the disconnected plugin on the headlight?
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What does this plug into? I have no idea here.
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Plug in for the other projector? Same as the other side do I disconnect and plug this in instead??
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Another shot of the harness:
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This is the diagram I got from ChillyPhil, that they sent him:
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Trace these 2 wires on this plug back to relay and if one of them goes to pins 85 or 86, then it will plug into your original harness you unplugged from your OEM lights. Most likely on the drivers side.
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Red wire on the fuse goes to battery.

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Yes this plugs into the Driver side light ballast. You want the relay and the fuse on the drivers side where the battery is.

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Ok the 2 plugs shown here with yellow seals on the relay harness go to the ballasts for the lights. The black wires on these plugs are grounds.
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In this image its wired wrong. The relay is supplying power to the ballast's for the lights via the fused battery power from the relay to the battery. The relay is control by your OEM wire harness going to the lights. Then the ballast's send power to the projector bulbs.
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Thank You! So they should be hooked up like this on both sides?
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What do I do with the unplugged harness?
 
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[QUOTE=LegendKiller89;3063060]Thank You! So they should be hooked up like this on both sides?
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What do I do with the unplugged harness?[/QUOTE]

Are you are talking about the yellow plug in this picture?

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