Hey guys,
I plan to install an electric air horn, while keeping my stock horn, that I can sound by turning on a switch and honking the stock steering wheel switch.
This is my plan so far:
85: - ground
86: + wire from switch
30: + from stock horn circuit wire (battery end of cut stock wire)
87: + out to air horn
87A: + out to stock horn (horn end of cut stock wire)
Seeing as I have never worked with relays or amps (besides basic sub installs and some LEDs) I have a couple questions about doing this, in order of importance (in case its too long for y'all to read
)
1. Do I need to worry about overloading the wire in terminal 30? I know my air horn is an 8 amp input, but I don't know what the stock horn circuit is capable of handling.
2. When cutting the stock horn wire, where should I make the cut? I know it goes from the switch through a multiplex, through a horn relay, then to the horns, so should I just snip it close to the steering wheel before it goes to those other components?
3. Do I need to worry about the amps of the driver's side fuse I choose to splice? The switch I am using is rated for 20a.
4. I plan on using 12 gauge wire all around, this should be plenty thick enough I hope?
Sorry for so many questions, and thanks in advance for helping this newbie!
I plan to install an electric air horn, while keeping my stock horn, that I can sound by turning on a switch and honking the stock steering wheel switch.
This is my plan so far:
85: - ground
86: + wire from switch
30: + from stock horn circuit wire (battery end of cut stock wire)
87: + out to air horn
87A: + out to stock horn (horn end of cut stock wire)
Seeing as I have never worked with relays or amps (besides basic sub installs and some LEDs) I have a couple questions about doing this, in order of importance (in case its too long for y'all to read
)1. Do I need to worry about overloading the wire in terminal 30? I know my air horn is an 8 amp input, but I don't know what the stock horn circuit is capable of handling.
2. When cutting the stock horn wire, where should I make the cut? I know it goes from the switch through a multiplex, through a horn relay, then to the horns, so should I just snip it close to the steering wheel before it goes to those other components?
3. Do I need to worry about the amps of the driver's side fuse I choose to splice? The switch I am using is rated for 20a.
4. I plan on using 12 gauge wire all around, this should be plenty thick enough I hope?
Sorry for so many questions, and thanks in advance for helping this newbie!
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