dpuma8 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I rewired my car surprisingly and everything works. So I decided to go a step further and add relays for the headlights and fuel pump. I started with the high beams first and I hooked it up with an extra relay to test it. What happened was the low beams wouldn't go on but the high beams would click on. They weren't brighter than before either. So I went ahead and added a relay for the low beams as well and now I don't have high or low beams. Does anyone know why or can point me in the right direction? This is what I did for high beams and low beams 30 - Battery 85 - ground 86 - headlight switch 87 - to headlights low/high I even tried the diagram listed on atlanticz 87 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loy Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hmm, does the relay click when you turn on the lights? Do you have a meter or test light to see what 87 is getting when on? Is the ground pin on the headlight grounded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinpieces Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) You need to power the headlight switch and the dimmer switch separately and you only need the common and one wire from the dimmer switch. It is not being used to switch from hi to lo beam it is being used to energize and de-energize the relay. Relay energized is hi beam and relay de-energized is lo beam. Headlight switch off is dark. If it not clear let me know Edited July 30, 2013 by Zinpieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpuma8 Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Cool! Thanks a lot for drawing it out and I will give it a go again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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