Can anybody out there please tell me wich colored wire is the high beam and any other tips on the best way to wire up more than one set of driving lights on a 2001 navara 2.7 dx traytop? any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys, and stay safe out on the roads.
Which wire is the high beam?
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Red and yellow from memory.
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Welcome to the forum, Bear.
They changed the colours across different models, but it's a piece of cake to pick the right one. You should probably wire things up so that the high beam wire activates a relay, so that power to the driving lights can be kept separate.
Grab a multimeter and a friend. Put the friend in the cabin and connect the black lead to the battery negative terminal, turn the multimeter to "Volts" and if there are several ranges for Volts, use the 50V range. Touch the red lead of the multimeter to the positive battery terminal and check the reading to see what you should expect to see when the high beam activates.
Now, there are only three wires on the back of the headlight globe. One of these will cause the multimeter to do the exact same thing when your friend flashes the high beam.
Have at it!
Connect that wire to a relay, don't forget to separately fuse (inline fuses are perfect) the power for the driving lights - keep the fuses as close to the battery as possible.
If you're wiring up lots of driving lights, remember that your alternator can only provide a certain amount of power. A 100W driving light draws about 8A and your car needs about 40-50A to run, so with a 90A alternator, you've got capacity for 5 driving lights (5 x 8 = 40 plus the 50A the car needs) - and you need to maintain decent engine revs to have that charge rate, too.
They changed the colours across different models, but it's a piece of cake to pick the right one. You should probably wire things up so that the high beam wire activates a relay, so that power to the driving lights can be kept separate.
Grab a multimeter and a friend. Put the friend in the cabin and connect the black lead to the battery negative terminal, turn the multimeter to "Volts" and if there are several ranges for Volts, use the 50V range. Touch the red lead of the multimeter to the positive battery terminal and check the reading to see what you should expect to see when the high beam activates.
Now, there are only three wires on the back of the headlight globe. One of these will cause the multimeter to do the exact same thing when your friend flashes the high beam.
Have at it!
Connect that wire to a relay, don't forget to separately fuse (inline fuses are perfect) the power for the driving lights - keep the fuses as close to the battery as possible.
If you're wiring up lots of driving lights, remember that your alternator can only provide a certain amount of power. A 100W driving light draws about 8A and your car needs about 40-50A to run, so with a 90A alternator, you've got capacity for 5 driving lights (5 x 8 = 40 plus the 50A the car needs) - and you need to maintain decent engine revs to have that charge rate, too.
