Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 23:34:11 -0500
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From: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: SA inner Highbeams Cutout Circuit
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Don, good post! Thanks. I'm about to go for another SA grille and this
sounds like a setup I would like to have.
The '88 Transporter I recently sold had something similar, but had
wiring problems that I never did sort out before selling it. Buyer was
happy to take it like it was, however. But it introduced me to the joys
of having plenty of backup light. There were two mounted on the rear
bumper, each wired to it;s own switch, Those lights were wonderful!!!!
I'm about order up two of the Go-Westy kits.
John
On 5/5/2014 6:54 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> I used a Vanagon Headlight switch in one of the blank spots to the right
> side of the instrument pods....I wired that switch to a relay triggered by
> the high beam power and by my auxillary battery ...so if the switch ( it's
> a lighted one I haven't figured out that part yet.....) is off, there's no
> power going through the relay...lights are off.. If the switch is turned
> to the second position...when the high beams are on it sends power to the
> relay which lights the secondary lights, in my case, these are KC
> Daylighters....When the switch is in the 3rd position, the secondary lights
> get power, again through that relay, this time from the aux battery...
>
> I wired them this way to have a secondary source of light should my main
> headlights go out for any reason.... So, in the three way headlight
> switch you can source from our list vendors and snap right into the
> pod.......You have one position with no power going through to the lights
> via that relay..."Off" The second switch position is "On"....I have
> mine wired to aux battery as a second 'double-redundant' in case of
> complete loss of power when driving along....The third position is "On when
> High beams are On"...handy when driving in the desert and a car comes at
> you....you simply dim the dimmer and the extra lights also go off...then
> flip it back to high beams and they come back too.
>
> I can't explain it very well, but it is pretty simple when you have the
> wires and the switch and the relay there in front of you...
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Cunegonde <
> cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I recall someone posted about selecting SA Grill inner highbeams, using a
>> cutout circuit and maybe floor-mounted foot switch. Anyone have a link to
>> that post?
>>
>> I want to choose to have the inners on or not with the outer highbeams.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
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