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No Low Beams
« on: October 21, 2009 - 10:53:45 PM »
I have brights, though.  Does that mean bad dimmer switch?
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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009 - 06:44:58 AM »
  Check to see if there is any voltage at the back of the lights, check to make sure that the grounds are making good contact.   :bigsmile:
  Best to fit relays so that the load is taken off the headlight switch.   :2thumbs: 
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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2009 - 09:34:15 AM »
 I thought you added the relay upgrade recently. If so possibly the one is bad. :clueless:

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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2009 - 01:42:16 PM »
I do have relays, but I'm hoping it's not one of them.  I buried the box under the battery tray so I'm trying to check everything else, first.
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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2009 - 02:10:06 PM »
I don't know what kind of relays you are using but if someone else operates the dimmer switch while I'm up front I can hear it click. That will at least tell you if you should be looking in the signal or the power cct.
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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2009 - 02:11:18 PM »
I don't know what kind of relays you are using but if someone else operates the dimmer switch while I'm up front I can hear it click. That will at least tell you if you should be looking in the signal or the power cct.
Thanks...I'll have to try that.
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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2009 - 02:29:03 PM »
iof you can get to the dimmer switch on the floor easily , the red & purple wires are the lights & lime green is the power into the switch so you can test to be sure power is going out through botht e red & purple wires to the lights

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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2009 - 03:46:14 PM »
It's hard to believe the relay went out, but maybe a bad ground or a bad connection to it.   :dunno:

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Re: No Low Beams
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2009 - 09:00:19 PM »
I do have relays, but I'm hoping it's not one of them.  I buried the box under the battery tray so I'm trying to check everything else, first.

 Just finished mine today and that's where they went, under the front of the battery.  :cheers:   It's not to much work to pull the tray then swap the Hi/Low relays (if you have the plug in type).

I don't know what kind of relays you are using but if someone else operates the dimmer switch while I'm up front I can hear it click. That will at least tell you if you should be looking in the signal or the power cct.

 That's the first thing I noticed when testing them out, the click from the relay. :grinyes: