High beam headlight issue
Last Wed evening I was out in the country with the low beam headlights turned on. I decided to use the dimmer switch and use the high beams. Every thing went well for a few minutes and then everythi...
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My 89 dodge ran full headlight current through headlamp switch AND dimmer switch, and I was getting about 3 volts drop over the stock wiring circuit. This was after I replaced the Headlamp switch and Polished the contacts in the heavily oxidized dimmer switch.
When I made a 12 awg relayed harness and lowered the voltage drop to just 0.3v, the increase in the light output was easily 30%, and few cars on the road next to me put more light on the road, and I only have 55 watt sealed beams. I don't care if bulb longevity suffers because of the voltage increase. I do care about having a compliant beam pattern, and I get irritated with the current trends of HID and LED 'upgrades' placed into halogen reflectors which can simply never work properly, and blind oncoming traffic to some degree or another.
with a quality harness and quality relays, any headlight failure is much less likely, but bulb life is acceptably shortened. Id rather see properly than worry about stretching my dollars spent on headlamps by a few months.
When I made a 12 awg relayed harness and lowered the voltage drop to just 0.3v, the increase in the light output was easily 30%, and few cars on the road next to me put more light on the road, and I only have 55 watt sealed beams. I don't care if bulb longevity suffers because of the voltage increase. I do care about having a compliant beam pattern, and I get irritated with the current trends of HID and LED 'upgrades' placed into halogen reflectors which can simply never work properly, and blind oncoming traffic to some degree or another.
with a quality harness and quality relays, any headlight failure is much less likely, but bulb life is acceptably shortened. Id rather see properly than worry about stretching my dollars spent on headlamps by a few months.
