Hazard Lights Switch - Rewire

[bentwagon]

SO, having placed my boost gauge where the Hazard switch is (with minimal damage to dash allowing for replacement) I now need to get the hazards working again with a different switch. I have bought a basic on/off switch i was hoping would do the trick but with my feeble electrical knowledge, placing a switch in the main power to the Hazards has not worked. Idea being have stock Hazard switch turned on and hidden behind dash with new hazard switch being able to turn power on to the stock one - get my drift???

SO, found this wiring diag on the net, comes from a 2002 Nissan Centra - has 8 pins like the stag one so hopefully it is similar.

Question is - Where can I put a switch to affect only the hazards?

I feel more explaination may be due so fire away.

Diag attached is NOT for stagea and more for my reference, pinouts are incorrect colours too.

[QWK32]

I can't remeber what the stagea hazard switch is like, I did figure it out when I put my alarm in but that was a while ago.

Going off that diagram (I saw it's not a stagea one) but you would interrupt pin 4 on the hazard switch, the wire labeled "W". It would have to be done at the switch so as not to interfere with the normal turn signals.

If you cant figure it out I can have a look at mine when I finish work in a couple hours and let you know which one to switch.

One small issue might be if you have an alarm wired like mine, I used my hazard signal to flash the indicators when the car was armed/disarmed. Might end up disabling this if that wire is switched.

[bentwagon]

Awesome, if you could have a look and let me know what colour wire/pin location that would be a great help.

[QWK32]

ok. so basically you can't do it with just a two pin, one pole switch. which is what i'm guessing you have?

i can do it with a two pole switch, or a two pole relay. BUT....... either your indicators will still work with the ignition off. or you hazards will only work with the ignition on.

there is a more complex way using a few relays but that is more or less re-inventing and hazard switch from scratch to suit your needs.

give me a minute and i'll do a quick paint diagram of the hazard wiring.

edit: the diagram. so it basically the same as the one you found. i was wrong in saying that Pin 4 on your diagram would do it, i didn't realise that both left and right indicators would be linked with the button pushed on, so when ever you turned on an indicator both would flash

if we remove the flasher signal and indicator lines from the switch (pins 1, 7, 8 on my diagram) and emulate that on an external switch you will get what you are after, though as a said before, indicators will still work when ignition is off, or hazards will only work when ignition is on depending on if you leave the hazard button in the on or off position, unless you throw another relay in the mix.

Edited October 10, 2011 by QWK32

[bentwagon]

i guess the easiest way is finding a nissan switch i can fit into my dash somewhere else that plugs into the stagea plug....hmmm

Edited October 10, 2011 by bentwagon

[KiwiRS4T]

Have you lost yopur original hazard switch? I think I have one somewhere if you need one.

[bentwagon]

Still using originl switch - its hiding in the dash somewhere still plugged in but with another switch on the power wire - but this concept didnt work. Thanks for the offer anyway.

So, can anyone explain how to replicate the stagea hazard switch from "jaycar" components? I have limited electrical knowledge but if told what to do can usually get it done no worries.

[QWK32]

just knocked this up for you. basically you just use a normal switch, the one you already have should be good enough i guess. then just use 3 automotive relays, just the black box bosch one. there will be one wire left over on the hazard switch, a red wire with blue trace, that is just an illumination wire for the globe in the original hazard switch.

Edited October 13, 2011 by QWK32

[bentwagon]

Thats exactly the way i needed it.

Thanks