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Hella 500 driving lights help V70-XC70

posted by  greendread on  Mon Oct 5 19:53 CST 2020
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Hello folks,

Finally wired Hella 500 lights... I am trying to wire them to a spare OEM front foglight switch, rather than the Hella switch. Would like to control them without high beams.

I grounded the switch to the driver's side on a bolt next to the hood release.
Grounded the relay to the ground on the driver's side strut tower... green wire powering the switch is taped into radio power. Nothing.

Green wire for power to the switch moved directly to the battery, and grounded the relay, and the lights to the negative terminal, and I had lights for a few seconds, and they were dim.

Walked away for a hour, came back to a dead battery! Any and all help is much appreciated! I really need these lights for driving on back roads at night.

Thanks!

gd





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