{"id":8052,"date":"2021-05-31T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=8052"},"modified":"2021-05-31T09:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:15:54","slug":"how-to-easily-wire-up-your-new-adventure-kings-led-driving-lights-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/how-to-easily-wire-up-your-new-adventure-kings-led-driving-lights-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Easily Wire Up Your New Adventure Kings LED Driving Lights Pt 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wiring up a set of driving lights<\/a><\/strong> has traditionally been a nightmare! But I\u2019m going to show you how easy it is to wire up your new Adventure Kings LED spotlights<\/a><\/strong> or lightbar using the Kings Plug n Play Smart Harness. And the best part is \u2013 there\u2019s NO cutting, soldering or drilling involved \u2013 it\u2019s so incredibly easy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact the only thing you\u2019ll need are some spanners to undo your battery terminals, a handful of cable ties to secure the wiring once it\u2019s in place, and a wire coat hanger and a bit of tape to help run the cabling through your firewall. This is part 1 of our LED driving lights<\/a><\/strong> installation guide \u2013 where we\u2019ll talk about the Plug n Play Smart Harness and what each component does, plus talk about mounting the harness into your engine bay. In Part 2 we\u2019ll then talk about connecting the driving light wiring<\/a><\/strong> to your 4×4 LED spotlights<\/a><\/strong> and how to get them wired up extremely easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PLUG AND PLAY HARNESS EXPLAINED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, let me lay out the Plug n Play wiring harness on this table and explain what everything is. It may look daunting at first but don\u2019t worry \u2013 once you take a look at it, it\u2019s an absolute piece of cake. You\u2019ll have your new LED spotlights<\/a><\/strong> wired up in no time at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the box you\u2019ll have a main bundle of wiring that\u2019s tied together, this smaller bundle of wiring, these two nearly identical wiring pieces here, and one of these black boxes with a metal tab called relays, with \u201824v\u2019 marked on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undo the twist ties off the main harness and lay it out on the table to so you can identify each component. You\u2019ll see that at the very top of the harness is another of the little black relay boxes \u2013 it looks identical but has \u201812v\u2019 marked on it. Start by laying out the harness with this relay at the top, spread everything out and you can start to see what the lengths of cabling are. Most of us installing LED spotlights<\/a><\/strong> onto a 4WD or a van or ute will only use the relay marked 12v.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two cables with the forked terminals and the red and black cabling go to your battery, to provide power to your 4×4 driving lights<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 but not just yet. You can see here the inline waterproof fuse holder \u2013 open it up and remove the fuse and set it aside somewhere safe. You can get replacements for these at any car parts store or most service stations if you need to ever replace them \u2013 this is a 25amp fuse and should be replaced with another 25amp one if you ever need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This here is the switch that you run through your firewall and into your dash. For your LED spotlight<\/strong>s<\/a> or lightbar to be legal once installed, they need to only come on when you hit your high beam stalk and turn off when you go back to low beams, but they also need to be separately switched so you can turn them off and only use your normal headlight high beams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next length of cable is this one with the white T-shaped plug \u2013 this connects to either one of these headlight adapters and runs down to one of your headlights so the wiring harness can sense when your high beams are turned on, and then turn on the LED driving lights<\/a><\/strong> in unison. We\u2019ll go through this in more detail in a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This length of cabling here that goes to the grey plug with the orange rubber seal is what runs down to your 4WD spotlights<\/a><\/strong> or lightbar. If you\u2019re wiring up an LED lightbar you obviously only need the one plug, but if you\u2019re installing spotlights then you\u2019ll need this twin plug adapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See? I told you there\u2019s nothing to it \u2013 installing this wiring harness is no harder than bolting an awning onto a roofrack. Okay, let\u2019s get into the install of the rest of your LED driving lights<\/a><\/strong> wiring harness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MOUNTING THE HARNESS IN YOUR ENGINE BAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First let\u2019s mount the wiring harness into the engine bay. Choose somewhere the same side as your battery, with a good amount of room. Also keep in mind how you\u2019re going to run the wiring down to your LED driving lights<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 but we\u2019ll talk more about that in part 2. Typically I\u2019d install this onto an inner guard using an existing bolt or a metal screw, but you can also attach it with a cable tie to any hard surface that isn\u2019t near a hot exhaust or turbo. The only other consideration is you need it to be close enough to the battery that these red and black wires can reach the battery terminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure that there is plenty of room underneath the mounting position for the wiring to fall away. You want to avoid forcing the wiring away from the relay at a sharp angle, as you could possible pull the wires out of the relay holder. Ideally leave about 3 to 4 inches of the wiring coming directly down from the relay, and always mount the relay with this metal tab at the top, to prevent the risk of water getting into the wiring. This gives your LED spotlights<\/a><\/strong> wiring the best chance possible at longevity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double-check that you\u2019ve got the fuse removed from the fuse holder, and you can go ahead and connect the red and black wires to corresponding red and black terminals on the battery. Make sure that the connect is tight and there\u2019s a good fit with plenty of physical contact between these fork terminals and the battery posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In part 2 of our LED spotlight installation<\/a><\/strong> guide, we\u2019ll talk about how to connect the wiring up to your new 4×4 spotlights<\/a><\/strong> and how to finish the installation off \u2013 don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wiring up a set of driving lights has traditionally been a nightmare! But I\u2019m going to show you how easy it is to wire up your new Adventure Kings LED spotlights or lightbar using the Kings Plug n Play Smart Harness. And the best part is \u2013 there\u2019s NO cutting, soldering or drilling involved \u2013…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":8053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8054,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8052\/revisions\/8054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}