Rock light and convenience light wiring diagram help

[dillbigglesworth]

I got ahold of 4 rock lights and wanted them to serve a dual purpose; rock lights and convenience lights that turn on when the dome lights would turn on.

I have an auxbeam switch panel and wanted to get a gut check on my wiring diagram/assumptions before I start cutting up wires. The idea would be to run this off two of the switch on my panel:

1. Switch one would power on the lights when turning the switch on
2. Switch two would be wired in series with a relay to the dome lights circuit. This way both the switch on the panel would need to be on and the dome lights activated in order for the lights to turn on. I don’t need them all the time, and would toggle them on when desired.

Here is my wiring diagram that I think work, see the attachment.

My assumptions would be;

1. No reason other than user error both conditions would be on
2. I assume auxbeam relay can handle an off switch receiving power; for example, with switch 5 turned on with the dome lights active, the wires going to switch 4 would be receiving power too

So what am I not seeing in this? Do you think it would work?

Thanks!

 

[Doodle210]

It's my understanding that some 4Runner dome circuits have an always hot positive with a trigger negative, and some have the opposite. Mine is the triggering negative and I've had issues getting it to work properly, I've ended up putting the project on the back burner for a few months.

 

[emmantik]

Just FYI;

DSIM Solutions

 

[Doodle210]

Just FYI;

DSIM Solutions

Last I heard, they haven't been responding to questions/support tickets.

 

[2AM1LT4]

I purchased the DSIM kit myself over a year ago. They were more than helpful but i still have NOT installed lol. At the time, i had talked to several others who owned the kit and they had no issues.

 

[wesleyb]

I may be missing what you are trying to accomplish but it looks like you may be over complicating it.

If you want the lights to come on with the dome light then there is no need to wire it into the Auxbeam unit. In that case you’ll want to connect the relay to a circuit with enough amperage. Not sure the dome light would be the right one. Otherwise the concept you have should work.

If you want the lights to be controlled by the Auxbeam, then you can ditch the relay and just wire them straight into the unit. It has built in relays. This would be the simplest option.

If you are trying to set this up so that you can control the lights through two different switches then your design should work. Not sure about the power supply for the relay. Any way you go here you are cutting the supplied harness up. I say give it a shot.

 

[Saker]

I would place a fuse (rated for the lights) inline on + side before the lights. If the lights short, that would protect your circuit before the lights.