| Author | Message | ||
     Rageonthedl |
So one of the first things i did when i got my S was rewire the headlights so that they both stay on when in high beam. Well I leave them on high all of the time, day and night. Well any way on my way home from work it was starting to get dark and I was like WTF....BOTH lights burned out at the same time. Talk about a Bee Itch...i had to make gettin home quick befor it got much darker. | ||
| Tq_freak |
man that really stinks what did you do for the re-wire if you dont mind me asking? | ||
| Rageonthedl |
uummm if i remember i think all you have to do is hook the blue and the yellow wire together. Im not 100% sure, you may wanna do a search see what you find. | ||
| U4euh |
same thing for me, turned out to be the fuse. I believe running a relay would solve the problem. | ||
| Xb9ser |
On my 9s I just move my switch to the middle and both lights come on. It will stay in that postion till you move it. With a little practice it becomes second nature. | ||
| Stevem123 |
Unless you're running a relay you'll eventually burn up the switch doing it that way. It wasn't designed to handle that much load. BC Steve  | ||
| Stretchman |
Neither is the circuit itself. The problem is that the wire feeding the headlights is made to handle the amperage for one bulb at a time only. I don' think there's a relay, or the switch trick wouldn't work. Installing a relay is the answer, and you would need a separate power wire to feed the bright when the switch is thrown. COurse, if you are gonna do that, you may as well install clip on halogens or Piaa or something similar. More bang for the buck, less trouble to wire. Just need a separate switch. Stretch 05 XB12S ( rode last night, for sure ) | ||
| Fullpower |
there are two unused fuse positions in the lightning fuse box under the seat. it is a relatively simple matter to connect the LOW beam filament to its own fuse, and wire that fuse to the ignition relay (also mounted in the fuse box) so that your low beam has its very own fuse, and stays on at all times that the ignition is on. this is how i have wired my HID LOW beam, so that it is not cycled off when hi beam is in operation. | ||
| Blake |
Please post all future threads like this in the applicable Knowledge Vault topic (Electrical...). We'll be moving this one there soon. Thanks, Blake  172689 | ||
| Rageonthedl |
I was busy today did not have time to look at it, but the high beam light on the dash still comes on, and my shift light still works and it runs off of the head lamp power. | ||
| Bruceclay |
why would it not be able to handle the load. Is it not the same as an R model circuit. they have both lights on when you turn on the high beam. |
