kwickez Posted June 4, 2008 Report Posted June 4, 2008 i have an 87 banshee and i want to take the light/killswitch off (i have an aftermarket killswitch coming) and i want to use a 3 prong toggle switch for my lights (the round rocker) http://www.pilotautomotive.com/PL-SW36.swf how would i wire it?i prong for ground,one wire for lights and what color wire is for power? what color is the headlight wire??? Quote
rubberneck Posted June 5, 2008 Report Posted June 5, 2008 Ok, first off, i dont think that particular switch will work for a stock headlight set up. That looks to be a basic on off switch. I believe it has 3 prongs because it is illuminated and therefor needs a ground. If you have after market lights that dont have high/low beam, then that will work as long as it will carry the amperage. As far as removing the stock switch, this is what you need to do. Going in to the stock switch, you are going to have a black/white wire, that is the kill wire. You will also have a black wire. That is your ground. Wire one side of your new kill switch to the black wire and the other side to the black/white. For the headlights, there are a few more. The blue wire going in to the stock switch is the taillight. The green and yellow wires are your high and low beam. I dont remember which is high and which is low. If you are running aftermarket lights, you only need one of them anyway, either one will work. You dont need to ground the headlight switch unless it is illuminated. If you need the ground just tie into the black ground wire from the kill switch. Quote
kwickez Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Posted June 6, 2008 ok i have a (using aftermarket lights) yellow wire-high beam green wire-low beam blue wire-taillight yellow with red stripe wire?-what is this wire for? what do i have to do to the blue wire to keep my brake light? Quote
rubberneck Posted June 6, 2008 Report Posted June 6, 2008 The yellow red is the power coming into the switch. It is yellow before the plug by the tank and goes yellow red from the plug to the switch. Sorry forgot about that. Now you said aftermarket lights, do they have high and low beam? That complicates things if you want the tail light to work in both high and low beam running the style of switch you want to. If you are running high and low, then i belive you will need a double pole double throw switch with a center off postion. You would wire the tail light to both poles on one side and on the other side you would have the highs on one side and the low on the other. If they dont have high and low then it is easy, just tie the blue taillight wire to the yellow or green (whichever circuit you decide to use for your headlights) Quote
kwickez Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Posted June 6, 2008 The yellow red is the power coming into the switch. It is yellow before the plug by the tank and goes yellow red from the plug to the switch. Sorry forgot about that. Now you said aftermarket lights, do they have high and low beam? That complicates things if you want the tail light to work in both high and low beam running the style of switch you want to. If you are running high and low, then i belive you will need a double pole double throw switch with a center off postion. You would wire the tail light to both poles on one side and on the other side you would have the highs on one side and the low on the other. If they dont have high and low then it is easy, just tie the blue taillight wire to the yellow or green (whichever circuit you decide to use for your headlights) i just want high beam. i just wasnt sure if i should tie the blue wire into the high beam wire ir just the power wire.i wasnt sure if i did that then the tails would just stay on.in order for the tails to work then the switch has to be on?what if i tied into the yellow/red power wire? Quote
kwickez Posted June 7, 2008 Author Report Posted June 7, 2008 i just want high beam.i just wasnt sure if i should tie the blue wire into the high beam wire ir just the power wire.i wasnt sure if i did that then the tails would just stay on.in order for the tails to work then the switch has to be on?what if i tied into the yellow/red power wire? just want high beam. i just wasnt sure if i should tie the blue wire into the high beam wire or just the power wire.i wasnt sure if i did that then the tails would just stay on.(i just realized i have a taillight not a brake light) but in order for the tails to work would the switch have to be on?what if i tied into the yellow/red power wire?(would that keep them on all the time while the quad is running) also do i need any fuse or relay of any kind?the switch is a universal 12v 3 prong switch sorry for the 50 questions but i like to measure 100 times and cut once..you know the rest Quote
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