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| Butchers Boy Member Since: 10 Jan 2016 Location: Essex Posts: 426   
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Sorry if this has been covered before (please post link if it has) I did a search and couldn't find what I need to know....
I want to wire up some new work lights to my 2010 HT 90 I'm in need of some advice on how to do this please! This is what I'm wiring up 2x 12w LED 12V lights towards the top of both the rear panels above the rear windows http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4X-12W-LED-Work-...SwOdpXypMR I'd like to wire them in to a switch on the dash I have a few spare/blank sockets to choose from in the cluster above the radio. Is there a genuine LR work light switch I can purchase for the job? I'd like to switch them on/off regardless of the ignition being on. Obviously I'm going to need to drill through the rear panel to run the work light wire in to each side I'm guessing a grommet in the hole with the wire running through it? Hate drilling holes in my truck.... 
So how and where would I run the wires to or from? Do I need a relay or an inline fuse? Where can I pick the power up from? Is there anything permanently live at the rear of my truck that is already switched at the front on the dash? Any advice would be helpful  2010 Defender 90 HT
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13th Jun 2017 6:29pm |
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| Butchers Boy Member Since: 10 Jan 2016 Location: Essex Posts: 426
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Shame this thread is dead!
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic18978.html 2010 Defender 90 HT The longer I live..... The better I was! |
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13th Jun 2017 8:06pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240 
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For an LED light of that wattage you don't need a relay as long as you choose a suitably rated switch. You could probably adapt an OE switch but you'd either have to put up with an odd graphic on it or faff around modding a blank.
There are lots of ways to do the wirings so this is just one idea: in the off-side rear light cluster is a spare purple wire that's permanently live. It's fused at 10 amps, IIRC. Install your work lights and earth them locally. Run a pair of wires from the back light cluster to wherever you want the switch in the front. Connect one end to the purple wire and the other to the live on the light and you're done. Getting the wires to the front can either be done around the edge of the roof trim and down the A pillar or out of the bottom of the light cluster, along the chassis to eh engine bay and then up and through the bulkhead. Installing the lights can be exactly as you describe. When I installed mine I used a tight fitting rubber grommet but a cable gland would work too, if you've got the space behind the light. I added a bit more control to mine with a couple of relays that means it comes on automatically if the reverse light and side lights are on. An on-off-on switch allows me to also turn it on independently.  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 8th Aug 2017 12:38pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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13th Jun 2017 8:40pm |
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| Butchers Boy Member Since: 10 Jan 2016 Location: Essex Posts: 426
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Thanks LandRoverAnorak for taking the time to write all that for me it's really helpful, I've now got some idea of how I'm going to wire these up
2010 Defender 90 HT
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14th Jun 2017 1:08pm |
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| Butchers Boy Member Since: 10 Jan 2016 Location: Essex Posts: 426
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Anybody found a suitable OE switch or adapted one to look like a rear work light switch for a Puma?? 2010 Defender 90 HT The longer I live..... The better I was! |
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14th Jun 2017 1:27pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240
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Now that I think about it, somebody was selling some OE-looking switches with a worklight graphic on here recently. I think they were imported from Aus and cost around £30 each. I'm pretty sure that they all went but it does mean that they are available. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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14th Jun 2017 1:50pm |
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| Butchers Boy Member Since: 10 Jan 2016 Location: Essex Posts: 426
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Where they these??
http://www.expeditioncentre.com.au/auxilia...02-onwards 2010 Defender 90 HT The longer I live..... The better I was! |
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14th Jun 2017 1:58pm |
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| Bushpig Member Since: 07 Nov 2013 Location: Risca, Wales Posts: 236  
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I've done this...
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42402.html & http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic53098.html Hope it helps... Will try find pics of my worklight & rear powerpoint install... Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams 2012 2.2 Puma |
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14th Jun 2017 2:01pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240
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Yeah, they're the ones. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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14th Jun 2017 2:50pm |
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