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one wire will for high beam
one wire will be for low beam
the last wire will be ground wire
as fog light have only one beam you can use the low beam wire and parallel wire it to the fog lights
that way you have the head lights still and the fog lights as accessories correctly wired according to regulations
how to do it simply-- find the low beam power wire ( light switch on low beam and power at the light bulb check ed with a multi meter set on volts
solder , piggy back, or double plug in a connection into that wire and run one wire to the left fog light and one to the right fog light connect each fog light to an individual ground wire and connect those wires back to the ground wire for the main lights
Now having done that simple addition to the lighting system another problem has come up
The wiring will now be too light to carry fog light current and or the light switch will burn out
To over come this problem, the circuit needs a relay
fit a relay on the bike and now run the low beam wire to a terminal of the relay
run the other terminal wire to ground
this enables the relay to operate when the low beam is switched on but at this will not switch on the lights yet
now you have to run a heavy gauge wire (fused at the battery) to one of the power terminals of the relay and from the other power terminal to the connection for the fog and low beam lights
Now it all works switch on the high beam and no for lights
change to low beam and the fog lights come on as well
All nice and legal
Of course if you don't care about being legal just buy a 30 amp toggle switch and run a fused wire directly to the switch from the battery to the lights and then to ground from the lights
You will know that the generator / alternator for the bike will not be able to run the fog lights with or without the main lights so what will you have achieved
may be the fog lights are the problem if moving that switch makes it work. If you have fog lights wired through the head light relay then the over load system is cutting in the same as if you had a short. For maximum benefit from the use of fog lights they should only be used on their own and never in conjunction with other lights (road authority legal requirement) . They should be mounted as low down as possible and their intended design is to shine under the fog cloud ( in the free fog zone -fog is always about 12 inches clear of the ground) and not be refracted back by the fog. If other lights are on at the same time all you see is a white blankness.
There is a small square "trap door" in each wheel well directly behind
the fog lamps. You can pry it open and access the fog lamps. They just
twist loose.
Yes you can have fog lights. You will need to buy the Haynes Manual and it will show you where to attach the wires underneath the harness under the hood. The easist way to do this is the biggy back the fog lights onto the main running lights circuit. NOT THE HEAD LIGHTS CIRCUIT. That way when you turn on the running lights the fog lights come on automatically and the fuse is strong enough to power both, and you could bump up the fuse about 10-15amps, but no more.
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