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Old 05-31-2014, 01:08 PM   #1
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How to wire a fog light switch to Diode Dynamics fog light kit *SOLVED

Hoping someone can help me out here...I asked @Diode Dynamics but they couldn't really help...

I bought their FR-S Fog Light kit and installed them as per their instructions/YouTube video....This consisted of hooking up the power wire to the battery, ground wire to car body (obviously) and then hooking up the two signal wires to your parking lights (power & ground = 2 wires).

Now, I don't like having them come on every time my headlights are on. I want them to be true fog lights in the sense that I only turn them on when I really need them. For this reason - I bought the FR-S Monogram foglight switch from @fteightysix so that I could turn them on and off with the switch.
This switch has a red wire (power), a black wire (ground) and a yellow wire (relay?)...

My question is - where do I hook this yellow wire up to in the fog light kit? I saw on the Winjet tutorial that they hook this up to the single "trigger wire" in their foglight kit but the Diode Dynamics kit comes with two trigger/signal wires...Do I hook up the fog's red signal wire to the switches signal wire and then leave the fog's black signal wire grounded to parking lights? or car body? or does the switch's yellow signal wire go somewhere different completely?

Any help on how to wire this up is appreciated...I've never used a switch before so it's a little new to me and none of the vendors I've asked have had a direct answer

Let me know if you need pics
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Old 05-31-2014, 02:50 PM   #2
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the fog light kit wiring harness should have a relay, its a black box.
that relay will have power that goes thru to power the lights, and a ground, those are unaltered.
the wiring kit will have something labeled signal wire, or something to that effect, it will have a female spade connector probably.
you want to wire the yellow lead from the switch to the signal wire for the relay.
then you need to power the switch. it will have a red power and a ground.
easiest way to do this in the car is with an add-a-circuit mini off something like the heated seats or aux power.

that's how mines wired right now.
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the diode dynamics wiring harness I have had the signal wire you want to interrupt with a female male connector in the middle, your removing the terminal and wiring a switch to it in short.
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Hoping someone can help me out here...I asked @Diode Dynamics but they couldn't really help...

I bought their FR-S Fog Light kit and installed them as per their instructions/YouTube video....This consisted of hooking up the power wire to the battery, ground wire to car body (obviously) and then hooking up the two signal wires to your parking lights (power & ground = 2 wires).

Now, I don't like having them come on every time my headlights are on. I want them to be true fog lights in the sense that I only turn them on when I really need them. For this reason - I bought the FR-S Monogram foglight switch from @fteightysix so that I could turn them on and off with the switch.
This switch has a red wire (power), a black wire (ground) and a yellow wire (relay?)...

My question is - where do I hook this yellow wire up to in the fog light kit? I saw on the Winjet tutorial that they hook this up to the single "trigger wire" in their foglight kit but the Diode Dynamics kit comes with two trigger/signal wires...Do I hook up the fog's red signal wire to the switches signal wire and then leave the fog's black signal wire grounded to parking lights? or car body? or does the switch's yellow signal wire go somewhere different completely?

Any help on how to wire this up is appreciated...I've never used a switch before so it's a little new to me and none of the vendors I've asked have had a direct answer

Let me know if you need pics
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Hoping someone can help me out here...I asked @Diode Dynamics but they couldn't really help...

I bought their FR-S Fog Light kit and installed them as per their instructions/YouTube video....This consisted of hooking up the power wire to the battery, ground wire to car body (obviously) and then hooking up the two signal wires to your parking lights (power & ground = 2 wires).

Now, I don't like having them come on every time my headlights are on. I want them to be true fog lights in the sense that I only turn them on when I really need them. For this reason - I bought the FR-S Monogram foglight switch from @fteightysix so that I could turn them on and off with the switch.
This switch has a red wire (power), a black wire (ground) and a yellow wire (relay?)...

My question is - where do I hook this yellow wire up to in the fog light kit? I saw on the Winjet tutorial that they hook this up to the single "trigger wire" in their foglight kit but the Diode Dynamics kit comes with two trigger/signal wires...Do I hook up the fog's red signal wire to the switches signal wire and then leave the fog's black signal wire grounded to parking lights? or car body? or does the switch's yellow signal wire go somewhere different completely?

Any help on how to wire this up is appreciated...I've never used a switch before so it's a little new to me and none of the vendors I've asked have had a direct answer

Let me know if you need pics
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Ok so since some of you have PMd me asking to detail it once I figure it out - here it is:
In the end you wire it up exactly how all the DIYs say but with DD kit (since there are 2 signal wires - black & red) you have to hook the black signal wire to a ground (I did the parking light ground wire since it was already hooked up) and then the red signal wire goes into the signal wire on the switch

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And this is where I tapped in for the switch power (it's the power wire for your cabin dimmer):

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Glad you got it all sorted out

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Ok so since some of you have PMd me asking to detail it once I figure it out - here it is:
In the end you wire it up exactly how all the DIYs say but with DD kit (since there are 2 signal wires - black & red) you have to hook the black signal wire to a ground (I did the parking light ground wire since it was already hooked up) and then the red signal wire goes into the signal wire on the switch

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And this is where I tapped in for the switch power (it's the power wire for your cabin dimmer):

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