Light Switch Wire Color Codes

[htarnoff]

Still searching for a shop manul. Till I find one I will continue to ask quesitons that are clearly in the books... so here goes.



I am installing a set of driving/fog lights on my 93 W250. I need to know the color of the wire off the head light switch that powers the PARKING lights.



Thanks in advance and for all the help on my other novice level questions.

 

[Ben Rumson]

Originally posted by htarnoff



I am installing a set of driving/fog lights on my 93 W250. I need to know the color of the wire off the head light switch that powers the PARKING lights.

To specifically answer your quesiton, I can't help you with the wiring colors.



But as a thought... You may want to give yourself full flexibility to use your new lights with OR without your parking lights by wiring them directly from the battery and through an additional toggle somewhere on the dash. There may be times you want just he parking/running lights without the new driving lights and visa versa. This would also help from overloading/over heating your parking light wires and main headlight switch - assuming your getting your current through the switch. Running 12g for + and 10g for ground directly off the battery rather than through the switch would get more power to the lights and in turn make them brighter.



Extreme1 is good in this area.