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jonnydot Samba Member
Joined: March 27, 2021 Posts: 38 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:54 am Post subject: Switch |
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Was there a supplemental driving light switch or was it wired direct to the head light switch |
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Switch |
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usually a relay with a separate power lead. The relay trigger on off is tied to low beams and a switch so the aux lights only come on with low beams. An off road set up would be totally separate but most states the aux off road lights would have to be covered when driving other than off road. _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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sjbartnik Samba Member
Joined: September 01, 2011 Posts: 5994 Location: Brooklyn
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Switch |
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Yes when I had done this years ago I ran the driving light power via a relay and the trigger wire for the relay was tapped into the the white high-beam wire (either one) at the fuse box (you can use a piggyback-type spade terminal for that). That way when the high beams were turned on, the relay closed and fed power to the driving lights.
Tap in on the OUTPUT side of the fuse so that if your relay shorts out it blows the fuse rather than melts a lot of wiring under the dash. _________________ 1965 Volkswagen 1500 Variant S
2000 Kawasaki W650 |
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jonnydot Samba Member
Joined: March 27, 2021 Posts: 38 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: Switch |
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I was hoping that there was an OEM dedicated switch that disconnected them from the high beam switch. In Aus this is what we need to have for registration. Perhaps the Westfalia's had them ? or I believe there was a foul weather package did they have a switch ? |
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rsbadura Samba Member
Joined: November 30, 2009 Posts: 656 Location: Berlin, Germany
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jonnydot Samba Member
Joined: March 27, 2021 Posts: 38 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:09 am Post subject: Re: Switch |
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Bummer will look at some Porsche switch's to see what they had, or perhaps use a hazard light switch many thanks to all |
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