<VV> Headlights

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Dan Kidder, Daytona Beach, FL wrote:

>Perhaps the way the relays are?wired?they?are sending?that 12 volt power to both the high and low beam terminals on the headlamps when the high beams are turned on.
>

I think Dan has this right -- we don't know how the lights are actually 
wired, so we can't really "know" what is going on, we can only make 
guesses from the evidence presented.

If this hi beam breaker kills both hi and low beams, do you mean the hi 
beam filament in the lo beam headlight, or the lo beam filament in the 
lo beam headlight?  With the breaker out, can the lo beams be switched 
on with the dimmer switch?  If so, it sounds like everything could be 
normal (like stock oem) and properly wired. If the dimmer switch does 
not turn on the lo filament in the lo beam headlights when the hi beam 
breaker blows, you got wiring problems/issues that need to be addressed.

Relays and headlights can be installed to make all sorts of wierd 
combinations happen, not all necessarily law enforcement / DOT approved 
-- four low beam units simultaneously for example (you live where 
there's lots of fog), or maybe one H-3 hi beam on one side and two low 
beam hi filaments on the other ...

If the dimmer switch or connection thereto don't look pristine, now 
would be a good time to replace both switch and connection terminals, 
regardless.

Bill Strickland