I took out the factory fog light switch on my Spyder. It was connected to 4 wires. One red, one blue and two black wires with writing on them. Does anybody know where these four wires are meant to lead to? I'm trying to install a 3 wire illuminated switch in place of the factory 4 wire one. A related wiring diagram would be awesome.
A few years back I had one of those switches that I considered using for some aux. lights. Using a multimeter I remember there was power/ground for the led and then the other two connections for the make/break switch. Don't know how that works in relation to wire color but would be pretty easy to figure out. Time to pull out your multimeter!👍
Let me look and see if I either still have the pic with the wiring diagram, or if I can find the switch I'll double check the pins.
I just haven't looked at any of that for quite some time....I'll look though.
yea, Sorry about that. Wrong switch... If I had to guess, I'd say that the red and blue are the make/break for the switch control and the two blacks are for the bulb.....BUT It's possible that one of the blacks is a ground, and the other is the light control that gets its power from the red when the switch is turned on......Time to break out the volt meter!...
yea, Sorry about that. Wrong switch... If I had to guess, I'd say that the red and blue are the make/break for the switch control and the two blacks are for the bulb.....BUT It's possible that one of the blacks is a ground, and the other is the light control that gets its power from the red when the switch is turned on......Time to break out the volt meter!...
I was just hoping that someone on here would know for sure. Can't find the answer anywhere on the interweb...
yea, Sorry about that. Wrong switch... If I had to guess, I'd say that the red and blue are the make/break for the switch control and the two blacks are for the bulb.....BUT It's possible that one of the blacks is a ground, and the other is the light control that gets its power from the red when the switch is turned on......Time to break out the volt meter!...
2 wires are the push button switch, one goes to the light inside the switch,and one is ground
for the light , I will look at mine tomorrow and send you a private message.
Last edited by ivanlee; 03-27-2015 at 01:25 PM.
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Get a cheap meter. Usually the blacks are grd/negative. One black is for the LED and the other probably for the load/foglight. The meter is the easiest way to find out what is connecting when the switch is flipped.
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It plugs into the fog light harness.You need the installations papers that comes with the fog light kit. I can't Believe you want to replace a four wire switch with a three wire switch. Why not replace it with a four wire illuminating switch. I have the 09 GS Phantom.
It plugs into the fog light harness.You need the installations papers that comes with the fog light kit. I can't Believe you want to replace a four wire switch with a three wire switch. Why not replace it with a four wire illuminating switch. I have the 09 GS Phantom.
The reason that I am replacing the factory switch is because I installed neon lights underneath and I want the two switches to match so I bought two new illuminated switches that I like and that would fit together etc... I still haven't got the factory switch wires figured out. It's not the traditional red is hot and black is ground. I used a test light and the red has no power and the blue appears to be the ground.
In summary I believe that the red runs to the headlights, one of the black runs to the fog lights, the blue is the ground and the other black does nothing at all no matter what position the key or light switch is in. I was hoping that among all the Spyder lovers someone would have a definitive answer on this wiring diagram but still no luck. It is the factory 2008 Spyder GS SM5 foglights switch nothing after market or anything. Thought this would be a simple swap of switches but not been so far lol...
Fog Light Switch Wiring Question
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