Absolutely use a Bosch style relay to power the lights. You do not want that much current draw through that tiny little switch.
Tap high beam power through the switch to the relay pin 85 then to pin 86 to ground. Battery to fuse to relay pin 87 to lights on pin 30.
I would mount them on the sides of the crash bar. You might want to add lowers later.
I won’t add hard lowers, part of the reason I designed these brackets to hang the light under the bar is for the rare occasion I want to slip on a soft lower for rain
Absolutely use a Bosch style relay to power the lights. You do not want that much current draw through that tiny little switch.
Tap high beam power through the switch to the relay pin 85 then to pin 86 to ground. Battery to fuse to relay pin 87 to lights on pin 30.
Would you mind explaining the last sentence? I’m a bit confused by that part.
You might want to let a dealer tech wire your lights. It's pretty obvious from comments there is a lot of misunderstanding about the factory console switches. Or you can look this up:
Note - Various options are available to purchase only those parts you need. I referenced this so you can get a better idea of how things work together. That harness includes the relay for circuits requiring more than 2 amps DC. It plugs into the ACC connector under the left side cover, just below the holder for the battery tender wire/connector (you can find this in your owner manual),
No I didn’t realize the factory switches were an integrated system, my 09 street glide I added auxiliary lights to wasn’t like that. I don’t need it to function like a factory light switch as I just want the switch to arm the lights but them to come on with the high beams when the switch is in the on position, would I still want to use a factory setup like this to accomplish that? I have looked at them but didn’t think that would be the way to go. I guess it wouldn’t hurt having extra switches but I don’t know what I’d add down the road. Thanks for the help.
the last place I’d let do any custom wiring on my bike is the dealer, i doubt they’d even be willing to do what I’m after.
No I didn’t realize the factory switches were an integrated system, my 09 street glide I added auxiliary lights to wasn’t like that. I don’t need it to function like a factory light switch as I just want the switch to arm the lights but them to come on with the high beams when the switch is in the on position, would I still want to use a factory setup like this to accomplish that? I have looked at them but didn’t think that would be the way to go. I guess it wouldn’t hurt having extra switches but I don’t know what I’d add down the road. Thanks for the help.
the last place I’d let do any custom wiring on my bike is the dealer, i doubt they’d even be willing to do what I’m after.
You can avoid the console switch assembly, CANbus wiring & BCM controlled output completely & add direct wiring by using this:
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