Problems wiring my Hella 500's
 

I am a complete newb when it comes to anything electircal, but I figured If I could wire my new pioneer deck and speakers it might be possible I could do this! So, I told a freind I diddent want the lights to come on with my highbeems or anything. He told me to ditch the intructions and just run the black wires from the lights to the battery and then interconnect that wire with a wire for the switch. Also, I grounded the light wires (blue) to the metal frame. I also grounded the switch to the metal frame. After I did all of that the lights worked and the switch was lit up, but still wouldent turn the lights off. Did I take the wrong advice here? I ditched the relay, high beam wire and just cut the black wire off the kit and went from there. Any advice would be great. Thanks

The relay is there for a reason. The switch is not made to handle the current the lights draw, so instead it handles a small amount of current which closes the relay, and the relay switches the high current circuit. Get the instructions out of the trash and follow them instead of listening to your friend.

Ok, here is the problem. I also wired mine up straigt to my battery and a switch. That way I could turn them on and off when I wanted. The blue wires are positive and the black wires are negative. The instructions have those backward. I blew several fuses before I quit reading and went back to wiring 101. I went and bought a different switch at Advanced instead of the one that came with the kit. So black wires on lights go to negative battery terminal and blue wires on lights go to the positive battery terminal.

If I use the relay do I still have to use the green wire and splice into the lights? I just wanted the switch to operate them. Thanks for the fast response btw

wait, now I am really confused. LoL ... I grounded the blue wires from the lights and ran the black wire to the battery..I connected the black wire with the switch wire before I hooked it to the positive terminal. Your saying the short blue ground wires from the lights need to go to the battery?

Yeah, best I could figure is that with the relay the wiring is different than wiring straight to the battery. One wire will go from the negative battery terminal to the black wires on each light. Just splice them into the same wire. And then to one side of the switch of your choosing. Then one wire from the the positive battery terminal to the blue wires on each light. Again, just splice them into the wire. Use a fused lead, to go from the positive battery terminal to the other side of the switch. Does that make a little better sense?

Ooops, sorry, after I read that......I messed up the directions. Wire from the blue wires go to one side of the switch and the fused lead from the positive battery terminal go to the other side of the switch. Blacks still go to the negative battery terminal. It has been a long day.

I didnt run a relay for my lights and they work fine. Although I changed my switch to a 30 amp switch, but that shouldnt matter unless you are running higher watted bulbs.

Here what I did:

I grounded the lights and then spliced them together. I ran those wires into a fuse. From the fuse I went to the switch. The I ground the switch and connected the switch to the battery. I put another fuse in between the switch and the battery.

I can turn my lights on and off when ever I want. I used Hammers DIY....

Yeah, So this worked for you? Do you have any problems with battery or anything?

No, everything is good. I have been running them like that since install at Thanksgiving last year.