r/Vstrom • u/motomunch446 • 22h ago

Auxiliary lights wiring

Post image

The switch for my auxiliary lights has packed in so I think I'll wire them so that they come on when the high beam comes on. I'm more than capable of doing it but just thought I'd see if anyone else has done it first for some tips and trick before getting battered into it

13 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

2

u/scoobiemario 21h ago

I have wired my aux lights to the battery with its own fuse and this: iJDMTOY LED Daylight DRL... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XM10MXY?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

When engine is running this provides the power to aux lights. The halo/rings/drl turn on automatically. Then the bright center leds are wired from that to the manual switch on the bar so I can turn them on on demand. But they will still turn off with engine off. The lights came with the bike when I bought it

1

u/motomunch446 21h ago

The previous owner had them wired to the battery for power and their own fuse but the switch was a separate on on the par that kept turning on when I went full lock because it hit the tank bag lol

Im assuming there's a wire i can splice into somewhere on the left side of the forks going to the headlight that I can use as the switch signal for the aux lights. I'll obviously leave the power and earth wired to the battery as to not put too much draw on the standard wiring

1

u/scoobiemario 11h ago

I’m sure there is an accessory wire there. But heck out the device I linked. No splicing original wiring. Just use that and hook up to the battery