DIY: OEM Fog Switch Pin out

[Alpha 5]

I WILL NAME THE PINS FOR CONVERSATIONS SAKE, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE CORRECT NAME ASSIGNED BY HONDA.

USING MY PIC FOR A REFERENCE.

WHERE THERE IS ONE PIN ABOVE THE REST WE WILL CALL THIS THE LEFT SIDE.

SO THE THE LEFT TOP PIN IS PIN 1
THE LEFT LOWER (THIS IS ALSO A COPPER PIN) IS PIN 2
THE NEXT PIN ON THE RIGHT OF PIN 2 WILL BE PIN 3
THE PIN TO THE RIGHT OF 3 (THIS PIN IS COPPER IN COLOR LIKE PIN 2)WILL BE PIN 4
AND THE LAST PIN WILL BE 5

PIN 1 & 2 GO TO GROUND
PIN 3 IS THE SWITCHED 12 V (THIS IS THE WIRE THAT FEEDS YOUR LIGHTS.)
PIN 4 SHOULD GO TO THE 12V FOR THE LIGHT SWITCH. WHEN THIS IS FED +12V THE LIGHT ON THE FRONT OF THE SWITCH WILL COME ON. (THIS IS FOR ILUMINATION ONLY)

PIN 5 IS THE FEED FOR THE FOGS. THIS IS THE 12V THAT WILL BE FEEDING THE FOGS.



JUST AN ADDED NOTE:
THE TWO PINS THAT ARE COPPER ARE USED FOR ILLUMINATION OF THE SWITCH ONLY. SO IF YOU HOOK PIN 2 TO THE CHASI GROUND AND PIN 4 TO THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN (SO THAT PIN 4 IS FED +12V WHEN THE PARKING LIGHTS ARE ON), THIS WILL ILLUMINATE THE SWITCH WHEN THE PARKING LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED.

THE SILVER COLORED PINS ARE FOR THE ACTUAL POWERING OF THE ACCESORY, THAT IS BEING POWERED BY THE SWITCH.

[Alpha 5]

Well here it is, all finished. I had to cut the plastic off of the harness, so that I could solder the wires properly. I also used a female spade for the pins 4 and 5.

1. Cut the plastic off with a hack saw blade.
2. I then bent pin 1 and 2 so that the tips are touching. I then soldered a black wire between them.
3. I then soldered pin 3 to a purple wire. (this is the wire for the fog relay)
4. I then crimped a red wire on to a male spade connector it fits perfectly over pin 4 and 5.
5. After I finished all the soldering. I tested the switch to make sure it worked.
6. I then used some heat-shrink on the wires to help clean it up and prevent any future problems. I am happy and much thanks to TemjinX2 for the initial pic. It helped a lot..

[DDragon7]

I just noticed something. If pin 4 and 5 are spaded together, you cant turn on the fog lights by itself if the parking lights aren't on. So is it possible to connect pin 4 to the illumination wire for the CD player and pin 5 to the socket lighter?

[Alpha 5]

You are correct.

Yes you can do it the way you stated.

[DDragon7]

Cool.

[buddhafest]

would i follow this method if i wanted to use the oem switch insteasd of the ebay switch for my ebay fogs?

[Alpha 5]

Yes you would

[buddhafest]

Cool goonna get on this real soon... but I'm gonna take pics of the oem switch pins and the ebay wire plug and can you confirm for me which wires will go where?

[Alpha 5]

Sure.

[buddhafest]

Okay so here are the ebay switch, oem switch and the ebay plug harness.