8 Gang Switch Panel - Auxbeam/Amazon

Prior it trying to re insert a 15a fuse in the fog location 3

 

Thank you for your response. So yes, sounds like we have the same panel. So I tied the white and red wire together and connected them to the same add a fuse. So what you’re saying is connect the white wire and red wire to their own separate add a fuse? Or connect the red wire directly to the battery?

 

The White Wire is to be used to adjust the brightness of the Panel. All you have to do is Tap the White Wire to the Positive Battery Post and it will make the Panel Brighter. If I remember right there are 4 or 5 different settings of Brightness.

 

You can connect the red wire wherever you prefer. Using an add-a-fuse like you have is fine.
The white wire should not be connected to constant power source. You can simply tap the wire to a positive power source to change the brightness.

Exactly!

 

So I removed the leafs from the auxbeam. Placed a new 15a fuse in the fog light position, and everything is working fine, now that the auxbeam isn’t connected. Gotta figure out why it’s continuing to pop that fuse when it’s plugged in :/

 

What fuse size are you using for the Auxbeam?
Do you have the 2 fuses in the wrong position?

 

That’s what I’m thinking. I may have the add a fuse in the wrong position. I believe it came with a 5A fuse in the top position, and I placed the 7.5 fuse from the acc in my cab in the bottom section. Gunna run out and grab a multimeter

 

so I got it working, moved the ditch lights to the 5A spots. No blown fuses, all lights working.

 

I really don't know why they pre-assigned the amps for each terminal. You can put whatever size fuse you want to match your load (30A or less).
I have 1.5A, 3A, etc in there and some 20A in the 5A location. It's just a general fuse panel.

 

are you sure about that? i feel i wouldnt know till i removed the potting material and looked at the board

 

Looking for some feedback on this idea, and I realize I could get flamed for this.

My truck came with stock fogs. I have replaced them with fogs that are now part of my switched system using the auxbeam 8 gang switch. My idea is to power the relay/fuse box with one of the hot leads from one of the original fog harnesses. I think this gives me the ability to turn the switch panel off and on with the factory fog light switch. And I don't have to run the power lead into the cab or into the factory fuse/relay box. Thoughts? What are risks?

 

So that’s what I mean. Do I need two ADD-A Fuses’? So I need to add a fuse to the red wire and the white wire. This is the only part holding me back lol been trying to get this wiring figured it out

 

My white wire isn't even hooked up on my 07, pretty sure it's grounded on my 02.

Pretty sure it controls the panel brightness, if it's the wire I'm thinking of

 

It is the one that controls the brightness. I just wanna know should I wire it together with the red power wire or just leave it disconnected. Or is it supposed to go somewhere else?

 

To a ground

 

You only touch it to a Power Source to adjust the Brightness of the Panel, Once you do that tie it up and do nothing else with it.

 

It's this an earlier model? The one I have has a sensor on the face of it that adjusts the brightness automatically.

 

It's just a different model. Probably older or cheaper or whatever.

 

Exactly.

 

My 6 automatically dims and it senses it getting darker, I don't have the ground wired up on the 8 button