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Ditch lights w/ Mictuning switch.

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by RepLA, Dec 6, 2017.

  1. Dec 9, 2017 at 4:15 AM
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    EatSleepTacos

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    The wiring harness he has comes with a relay.
     
  2. Dec 9, 2017 at 1:00 PM
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    Idk if I should buy another harness with different color wires? Or most likely the push button isn’t compatible ?
     
  3. Dec 9, 2017 at 5:01 PM
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    Get a picture of the wiring harness. Also who did you buy the harness from? We need a diagram of the harness as well.
     
  4. Dec 10, 2017 at 6:08 PM
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  5. Dec 10, 2017 at 6:17 PM
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    Here’s some of the pics I got off Amazon.

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  6. Dec 10, 2017 at 6:25 PM
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    Should be:
    Mic Switch Wiring Harness
    Green --> Red
    Red 1 --> White
    Red 2 --> Inline fuse or spliced to dash lights (controls switch light when not powered on with the right connection it can dim with your dash lights)
    Black --> Black
     
  7. Dec 10, 2017 at 8:14 PM
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    Tried it and nothing. Think it could just be the push button ?
     
  8. Dec 10, 2017 at 8:21 PM
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    Not sure, anythings possible. Are you positive you didnt mix the red wires up? If you weren't so far from me I could help test the switch on my truck.
     
  9. Dec 10, 2017 at 8:44 PM
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    Someone posted a review on Amazon saying that the wires were wrong when they received the harness. It could be possible the relay isn’t wired correctly.
     
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  10. Dec 10, 2017 at 8:48 PM
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    The relay should be wired as follows:

    85 - to ground
    30 - fused to battery
    87 - to lights
    86 - to switch for trigger

    Then out of the switch you need:

    Wire to ground
    Wire to dash lights
    Wire from pin 86 on relay for trigger
    Wire to dash lighting
     
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  11. Dec 10, 2017 at 10:14 PM
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    I’m not too good with wiring so I’m kinda confused on what you mean by the numbers?
    Do you need pictures or videos of anything ? Maybe that could help
     
  12. Dec 10, 2017 at 10:14 PM
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    Yeah I’m positive. That red wire that connects to the add a fuse I didn’t connect.
     
  13. Dec 10, 2017 at 10:16 PM
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    The relay is numbered
     
  14. Dec 10, 2017 at 10:32 PM
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    So I just connected this push button to my light bar harness and it worked. So it’s not the push button, has to be this wiring harness for my ditch lights.
     
  15. Dec 11, 2017 at 3:16 AM
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    Just took a look at the relay and it doesn’t say anything, but I see what you mean because I looked at my light bar relay and It shows what you said. Does that mean maybe this relay isn’t compatible ?
     

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