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simkna
 


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So what's the best point to break into the headlamp circuit then? Which wire is it? (Thinking about installing a set of driving lamps sometime using a good old relay and switch).

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I picked up a feed from the O/S headlamp, about 50mm back from the plug on the blue/slate wire.. if you use the other side, it's the blue/black wire
relay connections were:-
85 - to switch (which switches to -ve)
86 - to high beam from headlamp loom, via 3A fuse
87 - to driving lamps
30 - to battery +ve via 20A fuse (assuming 2 x 100W lamps)

all connections were soldered and protected with adhesive lined heatshrink tube to prevent water ingress
  
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Presumably your 85 just switches to earth, rather than -ve on battery?

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Yep, there needs to be a manually operated inhibit switch in the circuit somewhere to comply with C&U regs.
Strictly speaking, there is no 'earth' or 'ground' on a vehicle as there isn't an electrical path to terra-firma Wink although in the real world earth, ground, negative and -ve are used interchangeably, this can be picked up from any of the -ve connection studs on the body - I used one in the drivers footwell
  
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Iain, can I be cheeky and ask for a diagram? Embarassed

Would benefit a number of members... Wink
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I think this should be about right. There are variations on a theme - the switch could go in a couple of places, e.g. headlamp circuit, but I have done this to match Iain's description.



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Has anybody mounted non-LR lights directly to the bumper top, or is this too wobbly. Looks as though most people have used LR lights and brackets or attached to foam a-bar or LR brush bar. Would be nice if somebody made a bumper top bar like they do for the defenders that you could hang a set of lights from.

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Si, the bumper top is too wobbly and you'd also struggle to remove the front grille (and therefore the headlamps)
The reason I switched the negative (as your excellent illustration shows Wink ) is so that there is only one wire running through the bulkhead
  
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Re: Driving Lights

BCP wrote:
A set of driving lights on ebay. Does anyone know what the RRP is?
I'm keen to bid unless someone else is already stalking them.

BP
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There's another set on there at the mo with a "buy it now" for a lot less than that... Whistle

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Not D3 ones there isn't - there IS a set of Lamp Guards, buy it now for £185 - are you confusing it with them?
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United Kingdom 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 S Auto Rimini RedDiscovery 3

Same part number as the last lot...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LAND-ROVER-DISCOVERY...dZViewItem

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Apologies - don't know how I missed it?
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