Jersey Royal Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Hi Chaps, Some while ago i did away with the floor mounted high beam switch. I replaced it with reference to an article in Tr Action, with a relay so that high beam was on when i pulled back on the headlight switch, pull it again and high beam off. I lost the flasher facility but was not phased by this. Problem is i have just put the loom back into the engine bay, all correctly wired and high beam no work . The relay does not activate. I have looked at my copies of Tr Action and cant find this article, cant anyone recall which it was in? Or have a copy of it or of the wiring diagram. I have had a good look at everything, somethings not right,probably staring me in the face. Have a good New Years Eve All. Cheers Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jersey Royal Posted December 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Chaps I have found it Tr Action 227 June2008 Thanks Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tthomson Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) Chaps I have found it Tr Action 227 June2008 Thanks Guy Hi Guy, I have designed a unit with a similar function, but it also retains the flasher facility. If the stalk is pulled for less than 0.8 seconds it acts as a flasher. If longer it switches to main beam. pulling the stalk again (for less than 0.8 seconds),will switch back to dip. It uses some electronics to achieve this, but if it is of interest I can supply the circuit details TT Edited January 5, 2010 by tthomson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hi Guy, I have designed a unit with a similar function, but it also retains the flasher facility. If the stalk is pulled for less than 0.8 seconds it acts as a flasher. If longer it switches to main beam. pulling the stalk again (for less than 0.8 seconds),will switch back to dip. It uses some electronics to achieve this, but if it is of interest I can supply the circuit details TT Hi Tony Happy New Year I hope you can remember the lighting system on my 5(controversial) that sound's brilliant do I need a different column switch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jersey Royal Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks Tony Most interested. Have sent e mail to you. Regards Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bograt Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hi Guy, I have designed a unit with a similar function, but it also retains the flasher facility. If the stalk is pulled for less than 0.8 seconds it acts as a flasher. If longer it switches to main beam. pulling the stalk again (for less than 0.8 seconds),will switch back to dip. It uses some electronics to achieve this, but if it is of interest I can supply the circuit details TT i would be intrested can you send me info please , regards gary ( bograt ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tthomson Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hi Tony Happy New Year I hope you can remember the lighting system on my 5(controversial) that sound's brilliant do I need a different column switch Hi Neil, Guy, Gary, I will try to send info out to you today. I have some chores I need to do first. Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smizgals Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) Hi Guy, I have designed a unit with a similar function, but it also retains the flasher facility. If the stalk is pulled for less than 0.8 seconds it acts as a flasher. If longer it switches to main beam. pulling the stalk again (for less than 0.8 seconds),will switch back to dip. It uses some electronics to achieve this, but if it is of interest I can supply the circuit details TT Tony, Does your unit use the standard power line for the flasher also for the main beam? With the normal functionality using that power line for both then only requires one relay for both to offload the lights switch and the main beam is then fused.Is that workable or am I missing something? I note that the power line for the flasher on my 5 is only shared with the horns. On the 250 and 6 there are additionally interior lights and/or hazard lights. Stan Edited January 10, 2010 by smizgals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tthomson Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Tony, Does your unit use the standard power line for the flasher also for the main beam? With the normal functionality using that power line for both then only requires one relay for both to offload the lights switch and the main beam is then fused.Is that workable or am I missing something? I note that the power line for the flasher on my 5 is only shared with the horns. On the 250 and 6 there are additionally interior lights and/or hazard lights. Stan Hi Stan, My unit slaves off the existing power circuits to suit what you want to do. You can use one, two, or four relays with or without fuses to control your headlamps and to reduce the current through the lighting switch. I guess it depends what you want to achieve. I think what you want is to offload the current from the lighting switch by using one relay and that is easily achieved. My unit uses a further relay as a replacement for the dipswitch. (Re-reading this makes it sound really complicated, but it's not!) If you send me your email address, I will send you details. Regards Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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