Ford F150 - Wireing Spot lights

ok... i have a 2004 f-150, and i just put a light bar on the front and 3 procomp 130 watt lights on the bar. how to i wire the lights/to what power sorce? and where is the safest stop to bring the wires back into the cab for the switch

You should pay a pro to wire them up. Judging by the fact that you're asking this question AFTER you bought the lights, I have to assume you don't understand what you're getting into. A single switch won't handle all those lights. Each one draws ~12A.

If you can't find a shop you trust in OB, e-mail me & I'll give you the phone number to the shop where I work. I could wire them up for you in an hour or 2.

alrighty... so i'm going to have 3 switches... i cant have one switch that will turn them all on... where do you work? number? and how much you think you'd do it for?!?

oh ya... i havent bought the lights yet if that helps?!?! i was going to get them this week.. i just said that for the post... if that made a diffrence?!?! sense you said i ask this AFTER i buy them?

The BBS isn't for advertising, so I don't want to post anything about the business. It isn't my business, anyway, and I don't post phone numbers. E-mail me if you want that info.

3 switches is one way to do it, but relays are better. They allow more functionality, safety, & a cleaner look on the dash.

I was trying to guess your level of experience in wiring based on your buying the lights before you figured out how to wire them up. Was I wrong?

Since you haven't bought them yet: what are you going for? Looks? Off-roading after dark? Something else? What brand & model are you planning on buying? Which others have you considered, and why did you decide against them?

Most lights come with a basic install kit, but if I do it, I'll make it look as close to factory as you want. I can even automate them, depending on what you plan to use them for.


BTW
What the #@*(^ is your avatar??? I've been eyeing it for a few minutes, and I can't make ANYTHING out of it.

i'm not THAT big of an night off-roader... and i was looking for 6" crome lights. i was looking at the Procomp 6" 130 watt lights... i dont want to spend a but load on lights...

oh by the way... its a quad freestyle pic... its a man doing a super man on a four-wheeler

I just got back from 4 wheel parts... and came home with 3 6" Procomp Stainless 130watt lights and a dual light switch... all i need in now is my light bar...and i'll be one happy kid

OK I can see it now.

DUAL switch for 3 lights??? Those guys at 4WP are something else...

whats the matter with that... evaeryone i know runs 2 lights to one switch... so i'll have 2 lights running to one... and 1 running to one... but i have it all wired up.. i'm just waiting for my light bar to come in... and my dad to wire 2 of the wires into the fuse box?!?! i dont see why it needs to go in there

Watts = Volts x Amps, so 130W = 12V x 11A per light. 2 lights will pull ~22A; about 25A with the engine running. That'll stress even a GOOD 30A switch, and I'm guessing 4WP sold you some cheap 15A or smaller switches. Have you looked? It should be printed on the packaging, or stamped/molded onto the side of the switch.

oh? i onow... but they seem to work fine... i did most of it all my self and my dad went back over it and shecked it... he said its all fine work.. but dont worry... we have 3 fuses on the hole set up... so if anything is going to burn up... it'll be them first...

Not necessarily. If you put a 30A fuse in front of a 15A switch & then pull 25A thru them, the switch is still gonna melt before the fuse even thinks about blowing.