FFRR Roof lights installation.

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adesg4	a adesg4 posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
a Group: G4 Member Posts: 1.2K, Visits: 6.8K	The wires may not be in the loom for the 2006 vehicles as they only had the power button on the controllers. By adding the 3rd wire and the power/mode switch, the lights will work accordingly. You can check the lights by applying power and earth to the 3 wires from the light unit. The 3 wires from the light are - black, white and blue. Blue is power for dip, white for main and black is common. Andy (macg4) got his dual beams working when the wires were reconnected. Blue at the tiny plug was not connected to any wire in the main loom to the relays. Adrian Adrian Technical Officer G4 Owners Club D110 - Mongolia 2008 - 1925YbA - Recce D2 - Australia 2003 - 1BIJ-664 - Australia/ Russia Media car. Fleet 104
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Iona Disko	Iona Disko posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Past Forum Member Posts: 73, Visits: 181	Erasmus, my D3 has 3 wires from the lights but only 2 in the loom so there is no way to get both functions on my vehicle. It sounds like mine is the same as Craig's D3. I might be interested in getting both functions to work but I'm not sure what the purpose of the dipped beam is. Can you use this during normal road driving? If not there can't be much use for it as far as I can see. J _____________________ 2005 G4 Discovery
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~~Chrisallse~~	C ~~Chrisallse~~ posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
C Group: Banned Members Posts: 146, Visits: 2.5K	I agree, you cant use them for normal road use so why the need to dip them? its different for the low level ones ,that may be useful but I cant see any advantage with the top ones. 2005 G4 Defender Please click on the link below to view my gallery. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=579125
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adesg4	a adesg4 posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
a Group: G4 Member Posts: 1.2K, Visits: 6.8K	The 2 modes give floods and spot lights. This can be useful at night when off road as on flood the terrain approx 20-30metres in front is much clearer as the higher lighting position reduces the shadow created by the normal headlights. For longer straighter sections the spot mode any deviations in the route. For those with 2 switch units a combination of the 2 modes can be used to good effect. Use of the roof rack mounted lights is illegal on the highway as they above are 1.5m high as Mark found whilst out chasing pigs, pandas and sheep in the lakes the other week. Adrian Adrian Technical Officer G4 Owners Club D110 - Mongolia 2008 - 1925YbA - Recce D2 - Australia 2003 - 1BIJ-664 - Australia/ Russia Media car. Fleet 104
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julesthorne	julesthorne posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 101, Visits: 576	Done it now. Got a relay box with wireless switch from Ring (via Halfords, less than £20) wired them all up and "Bobs your aunty's live in lover" they work. Although "shoving" that many cables down the side of the windscreen was / is and absolute pain in the back side. Thanks for help. PS will take some new photos (when weather permits) and post. Rgds Jules FFRR 2003 and 64 Series 2a http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/index.html http://www.poppy.org.uk/[font=Arial][/font][font=Arial][/font]
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jimcarr	j jimcarr posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
j Group: Past Forum Member Posts: 147, Visits: 909	Hi Jules, You say you got a relay box for less than £20! I sell relays @ £1.97 for NO and £2.28 for CO, it must be some sort of relay? Cheers Jim Carr *Member, G4 Challenge Owners Club* 2006 G4 RRS, 2003 G4 DII, 1998 Paris/Dakar D1, 101FC, SIIa, FL2 i6
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julesthorne	julesthorne posted 17 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 101, Visits: 576	Jim, The box contains relays and a wireless receiver. There is also a control wire that expects +12Vcc in order for the relays to operate. The box is powered by 12V from car battery. There is a further feed which provides 20Amp light feed. I have purchased a small fully water proof junction box (in black) that allows me to reduce the amounts of cables to run down the side of the windscreen (now 3, 0V(earth) left and right bank of lights). This then feeds into the "relay box". The +12Vcc feed I have connected to my side lights thus the roof lights can be operated when the side lights are on and when you switch them off all the lights go off. Will supply pics soon. Rgds Jules FFRR 2003 and 64 Series 2a http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/index.html http://www.poppy.org.uk/[font=Arial][/font][font=Arial][/font]
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