HJ-61 Fog light / switch

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So i have a fog light switch (pretty sure its for fog lights) on the dash, but no fog lights on the actual vehicle. Was wondering if anyone has any insight on where the location is for the fog light harness. I am assuming the fog lights were removed at some point in time. I looked under the hood and there are 2 connectors not going to anything they are located to the right of the right battery.

Any ideas on what those go to?

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I am unsure of your fog lights, however I was wondering if you know what the light / button is for that is located directly below the H4 button on the dash? Every one that I have seen has a hole in the dash, but nothing in it...
Drew
 
I am unsure of your fog lights, however I was wondering if you know what the light / button is for that is located directly below the H4 button on the dash? Every one that I have seen has a hole in the dash, but nothing in it...
Drew

Throttle cable.

John
 
One of those connectors are indeed connected to the fog light switch. There is also one on the other side with the same color wires. I wired one of them to an LED light bar so I can turn on/off from the fog light switch.

The color of the wires:
White, with black stripe
Red, with black stripe

I've attached a picture for reference.

Jody

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awesome thanks for the info.. so all i need to do is get some 24v lights and wire them to those connectors? I should not have to worry about relays or anything since that is all "factory wirings?"
 
As long as the power draw is below 15 amps (or, say, 12amps if you want to play it safe and keep from blowing the fuse). The fog circuit has a fuse/label in the fuse box. As I was hooking up an LED light bar and didn't know what the capacity of the wires are, I kept it to 6 amps to that connector as the last thing I wanted to do was fry the wires.

If you want to have a big draw, then a relay is probably a good idea as you would be using wires that can handle the draw.

For arguments sake, I think you can do the following with the current set-up (using the fog light switch and wiring):

LED bars - One wire, 150 watt LED light bar at top (150 watts / 24 volts = 6.25amp); other wire, 126 watt LED light bar on bumper (126 watts / 24 volts = 5.25amp) - with this set-up, I can't imagine a stock alternator would be able to keep up; you'll be taking juice out of the battery! You could leave the headlights off, but gauge lights on, and still be able to enable the fog light switch and manage the power draw this way as the LED lights would easily overwhelm the halogen driving lamps.

Round lamps - 100w bulb, one on each side (100 watts / 24 volts = 4.2amp x 2)

If you just want to add fog lamps, you're safe. They all have fairly low draws.

Folks more knowledgeable on electronics can pipe in with more information (for example, determining how much current the wires can pull before frying ;-)).

Jody
 
I am unsure of your fog lights, however I was wondering if you know what the light / button is for that is located directly below the H4 button on the dash? Every one that I have seen has a hole in the dash, but nothing in it...
Drew
if not mistaken that is where a throttle cable lock goes for using a PTO winch....
 
if not mistaken that is where a throttle cable lock goes for using a PTO winch....
Throttle cable.

John
On my HJ61 that hole is just left open on my dash, but I still have a throttle cable, it is to the right side of my steering column just under the fuse box. I'm kind of at a loss as to what that hole under the H4 button is for.

On a different note I have one of those Pull style fog light switches that is mounted under the right side of my drivers seat, but with no wires running to it. I found that to be kind of odd...
 

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