Hella matador work lamp

[ismail]

Hi All, thinking of installing one of these, do they need to be run through a relay as with spotlights or can they just run directly off the battery?

[CasKru]

The relay is a switch. So if you are going to install it permanently you can either buy a high amp switch and switch the possitive of the lamp or run the possitive of the lamp through a relay and switch the relay with a low amp switch. m2cw

[ismail]

Cool, so hooking it up to the battery with a big switch then, thanks Cassie

[OOOOMS]

Ismail, a critical part not to overlook is the lengh and thickness of your canle between the battery and the lamp :!: You will get major voltage drop if your cable is to long and to thin(mm)

[Donkey]

Hi Ismail

The two ooms are right. My opinion is to go the low amp switch way - even though a high amp switch will do the trick, it will go hot and with time eventully fail, whereas in the case of a relay you can just replace it in half the time.

High amps mean bigger and thicker switch contacts which mean a bigger switch which may not fit in with the rest of the aura of your dash.

Regards

[ismail]

makes sense, I am awhere of the peripherals, makes better sense to connect via a relay then.