Retro fitting glow plugs.

[Fuddy as muck]

As suggested in a previous post, i need to fit some glow plugs to my Series hybrid. What would be the most simple way to wire them in? I'm thinking of just running them straight off the battery from a 30A fuse carrier and in to a switch on the dash then straight to the glow plugs. But i just want to make sure that by not using a relay i wont do any damage. Cheers in advance.


Darren

[J.D.]

I would think that 30A is too much for a switch to handle. I would wire them in through a relay to a switch on the dashboad. use a wiring diagram for spotlights and substitute the spotlights for the glowplugs.

[Fuddy as muck]

The switch wont be a problem, i have a battery cut off switch lying spare and was going to just use that. I cant be arsed to spend any more money on the bag of [!Expletive Deleted!] to be honest. :lol:


Darren

[J.D.]

I see no reason why you couldn't do it that way then, you can wire them into the ignition as well.

[Fuddy as muck]

I see no reason why you couldn't do it that way then, you can wire them into the ignition as well.

 Good idea about the ignition, saves me wiring from the battery. Cheers mate.

Darren

[ChrisW70]

I think the load is about 15A per glow plug - the standard timer relay is rated at 70A (going from memory) - cabling would need to be sized/rated accordingly.

[Fuddy as muck]

I'll cheat and use some tri-rated 6mm earth. I cant do it for a couple of days as i'v had to order the plugs from fleabay, £25 each Land Rover wanted, i told them its an 89 disco not a 2009 Range Rover Sport :roll:



Darren

[mikiep1986]

got my plugs form famous four . . £4.50 each

[Fuddy as muck]

Ordered mine on Ebay through a company called Foundry 4X4 at 1.0.clock yesterday aftenoon and they arrived this morning at 10am :shock: Bloody good service and there Britpart plugs aswell.


Darren 

[Range Rover Blues]

It should be simple enough to wire up a glow plug relay so they come on automatically.  Glow plug continue to heat after the light has normally gone out.  I just wired ours up with a proper fuse rated at 30 amps and it's fine BTW.

On plant machinery the ignition switch has 2 start positions, the operator turns on the glowplugs rather like we turn on the starter, then the next position turns the starter, both positions are spring-loaded.