<VV> Headlights

J R Read_HML hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 22 23:13:46 EDT 2008


First... change out the dang dimmer switch - and while you are there - wire 
brush all the rust out from under it.  If you still need to chase down 
wiring after that, I'll be surprised.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "Dennis PLEAU" <ddpleau at msn.com>; <jimster1 at earthlink.net>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Headlights


> Aha!  That's the key, so to look for an intermittant high beam short I 
> have to check the high beam (green) wiring to all four headlights.
> Thanks for the info.
>
> RonH
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Dennis PLEAU
>  To: Ron ; jimster1 at earthlink.net ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:40 PM
>  Subject: RE: <VV> Headlights
>
>
>  The "low beam" lights have both a high and low beam in them and the high 
> beam only has a high beam.  When you turn on the high beam you power the 
> high beam filimant in the "low beam" and the high beam.  When you go t low 
> beam, you turn off the high beam filimant in the "low beam" and turn on 
> the low beam filimant.
>
>  dp
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  > From: ronh at owt.com
>  > To: jimster1 at earthlink.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
>  > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:31:55 -0700
>  > Subject: Re: <VV> Headlights
>  >
>  >> No one has yet tried to explain how the high beam circuit lights both 
> the
>  > high and low lights and the low beam circuit lights only the low beam 
> bulbs.
>  > How is this done since the dimmer switch only energizes one circuit or 
> the
>  > other?
>  >
>  > RonH
>  >
>
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