Pretty good advise. I helped a friend put fogs
on his Grand AM and the kit came with a relay
that one wire connected to the parking lights
and the other two were + and -. When you turned on
the parking lights the rely switched the fogs on also.
Thats what I'd like to do on my Dakota.
--- mark janke <sftvboy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't go adding your fog lights onto your
> headlight circuit as you're more than likely
> doubling
> your current draw on that fuse. I think even if you
> doubled the rating on the fuse you could still risk
> potentially overheating the wires to the headlights
> and starting a fire or shorting out that circuit.
>
> It's very easy to install a fog light relay switch.
> They're only $5. One wire goes to your switch in
> the
> cab, one wire to power, one wire to ground and one
> wire to the lights. The trickiest part is running
> your switch wire through the firewall to the relay.
> There's a rubber boot already on the firewall for a
> wire harness so what I would do is tape a wire to
> the
> tip of a long screwdriver and shove it through until
> you can reach it from the engine compartment.
>
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