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Start by taping one end of the power wire to the metal bumper support. Each light should also have a ground wire connected to an earthing point or the chassis.
Use connectors if they are supplied with your lights.
How to wire spotlights. Wiring the Spotlight Using a Relay 1. Mount the relay in the engine bay. If your spotlight did not come with an electrical relay you will need to install.
Run a short length of black wire from the relay to a bolt on the body or frame of the vehicle. Run a wire from the. Inserting a recessed downlight.
As the light slides into the hole the wire catches will catch on the ceiling and force out the springs so that they push down on the upper side of the ceiling boards holding the light unit in place. Slide the light unit into the hole you have cut in the ceiling. Open the lights junction box.
Run cables into the box and clamp them. Use wire stripper to strip a few inches of the cables insulation to reveal the interior wires. Next use the wire stripper to remove about 12-inch of insulation from each wire.
Connect like-colored wires using UL-approved wire. On the positive terminal of the battery run the wire from the fuse holder. Proceed to run a wire from the relay and connect it to the positive post.
Again there are many ways to connect the wiring but soldering the wire is the most effective. Now if you choose to mount a switch make sure you run a wire from the last open post on the relay. How to fit wire and install LED downighters.
LED downlight installation guide wiring arrangements and wiring safety. All domestic electrical work in the U. How To Wire Lights in Series.
In above fig all the three light points are connected in series. Each lamp is connected to the next one ie. The L Line also known as live or phase is connected to the first lamp and other lamps are connected through middle wire and the last one wire as N Neutral connected to the supply voltage then.
Firstly connect the earth wire of the spotlights to the chassis of the vehicle at any existing screw using round lugs. Make sure the surface underneath the nut or bolt is not painted and the metal is bare to ensure proper connectivity. A possible idea is to earth the wires onto the negative pole of the battery.
Slide heat shrink tubing over each wire. Twist one wire from the fixture with one of the remaining conductors. Slide those wires into the end of the brass connector and tighten it down.
Repeat this process with the other wire from the other fixture and remaining conductor. Disengage your light from its wires. You should see plastic caps called wiring caps also called a wire nut with two wires running into each cap.
One wire will come from the light the other from the main electrical circuit of your house. Disengage the wires by twisting the wiring cap until it comes free. Start by taping one end of the power wire to the metal bumper support.
Leave at least one foot of wire hanging after the tape to leave enough slack for the connection to the lights. Route the power wire toward the fuse box that contains the high-beam relay. Conceal the wire in existing wire looms as much as possible as you route the wire.
A video showing process of spotlight installation changing old transformer fitted spots into new LED downlights. This video is about the LED downlights installation. I am showing how to wire it make a ceiling holes and install 5 downlights on kitchen ceiling.
Can lights are a thing of the past. Remodel and brighten up an existing room with these modern ultra-thin recessed downlights. Well show you step-by-step.
TheCousinDan shows you how to install recessed lights in your ceiling also known as can lights. This method uses the new work style light fixture instea. Run the wire from the relay to the driving lights.
Each light should also have a ground wire connected to an earthing point or the chassis. Run the battery wire from the relay to the battery. For anything above 30W we recommend installing a relay.
If you do not install a relay and use a switch you could end up overheating the switch melting the wires and reducing the current that is getting to your lights making them less bright. How to Wire your Light Using a Relay The relay will have 4 points on it marked 30 87 85 and 86. Connect the wire from your switch to the power wires on your lights.
Use connectors if they are supplied with your lights. If your lights do not have connectors included strip a half-inch of bare wire from the end of each power wire using your wire strippers. Slide each end in a crimp-style wiring connector.
Generally multiple lights turning on at the same time is desired. Following the same steps as before but add the following. Connect an positive wire to the lever nut connected to the positive wire on the 1st light and run that to a lever nut connected to the positive wire on the 2nd light.