Spot Lamp Wiring Advice Required Please?

[J0nesy]

I have just been trying to wire up some new spot lamps, my question is, on the headlamp cluster there are 3 different coloured wires, brown, white/green and yellow & green. This is how I interpret them.

Brown = Main Beam.
Yellow/Green = Earth.
White/Green = Headlamp.

Is the above correct? If not can somebody please help.

I tried using the brown wire because I want them to come on when the main beam is activated, but no joy,

Can somebody please shed some light.

Thanks

Dave.

[Rayman]

Hi, i have a set of spotlamps here beside my PC, if i open one up and take a pic will that be any help to you?

[J0nesy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rayman

Hi, i have a set of spotlamps here beside my PC, if i open one up and take a pic will that be any help to you?

Not really but thanks anyway.

I have fitted the lamps it was just a case of how to wire them into the headlamps, I could do with somebody confirming the which wire is which.

Thanks

Dave

[Squire]

uumm i had a set of spotlamps installed and was told that to get them working when the main beams come on then you have to do something with the ECU....ie you had to take it to a dealer or another company who had access to a laptop which can be plugged into the mini's computer and set them up.....don't ask me why, but i was told by both minimania who fitted them for me and the bmw dealer that this was the case

so i'm guessing you need to install em and then take it somewhere to get the ECU configured for it

[Rayman]

http://www.mini2.com/guides/pdf/Driving_Lights_9__.pdf

Will this help at all. I also read that the official mini lights need programming by the dealer to get them to work.

[tnoy66]

Firstly, what or which make of lamps are they

Just dug out my Hella instructions and it says to tap into the BLUE/YELLOW, which you don't mention

Brown is earth.

[SteveM3]

I think, but not very often, that brown is earth, white/green is high beam and yellow/green
is low beam (dipped). I don't really understand all this programming needed malarky as
at some stage a good old fashioned hot wire must go into the headlamps. The wires you
have discovered I believe to be post module control unit. So I can't see why you can't use
the white/green to activate a relay for power to the spots. Don't try this just yet though,
someone may turn up a wiring diagram for non-BMW spots that do something similar.
By the way I am not criticising those who told you about the programming needed as
they are correct for the official version.

[J0nesy]

Right, thanks for the info guys.

I have managed to determine that the brown is earth, green/white is to the headlamp & the green/yellow is the main beam. The thing that confused me was the usually here in the UK Green/Yellow = Earth, But obviously this is not the case here. Anyway I have to wire the spots into the headlamp and sidelights, I am using a relay and instructions provided with the kit i bought on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

I should hopefully have some pics soon. I think they look

Thanks

Dave,

[J0nesy]

Just 1 more question.

Their are 2 wires that go into the sidelight, blue & brown. I have wired the spots up to the main beam, but you can also wire them up to the sidelights, Is Brown Earth? It would make sense because on the headlamp cluster the Brown was earth, Can somebody please confirm this?

Thanks.

Dave,

[tnoy66]

Can't wait to see the pics of these

The green/yellow coding for earth only applies to mains (240v) wiring.

The brown is the earth. There are several places on the MINI where lots of brown wires meet on a big plug, they are just earth wires meeting at the same point.

[J0nesy]

Quote: Originally Posted by tnoy66

Can't wait to see the pics of these

The green/yellow coding for earth only applies to mains (240v) wiring.

The brown is the earth. There are several places on the MINI where lots of brown wires meet on a big plug, they are just earth wires meeting at the same point.

Cheers Fella.

I just took a quick photo, Not the best but their will be better ones to come.

[SteveM3]

Quote: Originally Posted by J0nesy

Their are 2 wires that go into the sidelight, blue & brown. I have wired the spots up to the main beam, but you can also wire them up to the sidelights, Is Brown Earth? It would make sense because on the headlamp cluster the Brown was earth, Can somebody please confirm this?

Blue/yellow left and blue/green right. Using these doesn't make sense as that will have the
spots on all the time at night. I don't think people coming towards you will like that. Leave
them as they are on main beam.

[J0nesy]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteveM3

Blue/yellow left and blue/green right. Using these doesn't make sense as that will have the
spots on all the time at night. I don't think people coming towards you will like that. Leave
them as they are on main beam.

The spots have 2 bulbs, 1 for main beam brightness and another "halo" one that can be used with sidelights (the rim of the spot light illuminates only nothing like as bright as main beam)

I am going to wire them up to the sidelights today so I will keep u posted.

Dave,

[J0nesy]

A few more pics.

[J0nesy]

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