Re: Interior light switch
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:52 pm
Changed rear headliner about a month ago added 8 spotlights and removed standard light.
If I'm honest I bodged it in, twisting wires together and, if I remember rightly connected two standard wires together to one spotlight wire then (brown i think, to the other) I noticed yesterday it turns on with unlocking, and off with locking, otherwise it's on when van is on, didn't realise this before as i have made a solid bulkhead, when im the back with the barn doors open and keys in the lock the van locks itself after about 30 seconds and lights turn off
(Picture 1)
Didn't touch front light.
Then over the weekend I removed and carpeted front headliner and overhead storage, while doing this I thought I'd add a switch to 2 spotlights I mounted into headliner
(Switch on picture 2)
All this runs fine, is the only light I have so have been using it alot!
Fused and wired straight from battery and an earth
After installing those I went to remove interior light and snapped a connector which connects to the sliding switch (so it's dead).
But I though no worries I can just stick to my plan of adding another spotlight to the same spot ( I carpeted over the opening, plan was just to stick a spotlight in the same place)
Then cut the standard connector off and tried wiring it in to the spotlight. Couldn't work it out, ended up blowing 3 fuses trying every combination wires (yea I know lol) that's when I started this thread.
When you sent the drawing over I tried that, wires were only twisted together at that point.
Stopped off after work today to get some proper connectors and to get a new switch, tried again...... Got light but still not doing what I need it to do.
I just want it to turn off!!!!!
So that's were I am
Could it be something to do with the back?
I wouldn't have thought so considering the front standard light worked fine for all this time?
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If I'm honest I bodged it in, twisting wires together and, if I remember rightly connected two standard wires together to one spotlight wire then (brown i think, to the other) I noticed yesterday it turns on with unlocking, and off with locking, otherwise it's on when van is on, didn't realise this before as i have made a solid bulkhead, when im the back with the barn doors open and keys in the lock the van locks itself after about 30 seconds and lights turn off
(Picture 1)
Didn't touch front light.
Then over the weekend I removed and carpeted front headliner and overhead storage, while doing this I thought I'd add a switch to 2 spotlights I mounted into headliner
(Switch on picture 2)
All this runs fine, is the only light I have so have been using it alot!
Fused and wired straight from battery and an earth
After installing those I went to remove interior light and snapped a connector which connects to the sliding switch (so it's dead).
But I though no worries I can just stick to my plan of adding another spotlight to the same spot ( I carpeted over the opening, plan was just to stick a spotlight in the same place)
Then cut the standard connector off and tried wiring it in to the spotlight. Couldn't work it out, ended up blowing 3 fuses trying every combination wires (yea I know lol) that's when I started this thread.
When you sent the drawing over I tried that, wires were only twisted together at that point.
Stopped off after work today to get some proper connectors and to get a new switch, tried again...... Got light but still not doing what I need it to do.
I just want it to turn off!!!!!
So that's were I am
Could it be something to do with the back?
I wouldn't have thought so considering the front standard light worked fine for all this time?
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