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Wiring?

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by zomg, Feb 12, 2016.

  1. Feb 12, 2016 at 5:55 PM
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    I am moving from 3 Hella 500 lights to 6 LED pods. Can I use the same wiring, or should I just get a new harness? If so, how do I rewire it? The pods have a positive & negative, while the Hellas have a blue ground & a black power wire.
     
  2. Feb 14, 2016 at 5:32 PM
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    Anyone?
     
  3. Feb 14, 2016 at 5:38 PM
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    Just buy some red wire and use the black wire for the ground.
     
  4. Feb 14, 2016 at 5:41 PM
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    if you are still having doubt i have two wire harness if you want one.
     
  5. Feb 14, 2016 at 5:46 PM
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    Thanks, I'll give that a shot.
     
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    Uh, didn't this just say "you can run the positive through the blue wire."

    The black wire connects to the relay & blue is the ground. I'm just trying to avoid pushing wire through the firewall & figuring out what wire goes to what post on a stock fog light switch again. Because it was a pain in the ass.
     
  7. Feb 15, 2016 at 4:20 AM
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    As long as you have positive and negative wires the color doesn't matter...I don't see why you would need to run new wires.
     
  8. Feb 15, 2016 at 4:40 AM
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    They are saying to run new wires because you asked if you should change the harness I guess, but I would say you will need a harness because all the connectors for the LEDs are different unless you're just have wires coming out of the pod? I would wire pods all connected together nearer to the switch. Put a fuse before the switch then run power wires from battery to switch. You may need a relay am before the switch as well depending on power draw from your 6 pod setup
     

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