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Flashing Headlights.... just read it.
Mavericke:
Ok, so I bought the aftermarket headlights on ebay. They are set up so that you can actually swap the bulb out rather than replace the whole thing. Well, I had to buy two sets because our Eagles run four lights.... highs and lows.
The bulbs that came with the headlights were the dual beams.... meaning one bulb had the hi and low beam.
One beam has a two prong connector and the other has a three prong.... ok... still with me? So what I did was just break the third prong off for the one that only had two. This worked fine for awhile, but my hi beams were just as bright as my low beams, just different angles.... AND instead of all four beams on, only two at a time came on full-blast while the other two were very dim. Obviously this is a problem.
So I went out and bought brand new Silverstar Sylvania Ultras... for the beam that had three prings... I simply set up a two-prong, but wired both hot wires together so that this bulb would always be on as intended.
This worked great.... when I had it set to low beams.... I had just the outer two bulbs on. When I hit the hi-beams.... all four came on bright.
The problem is that after awhile of being on.... they start to flash. I am having a power issue... like there's not enough power to power all four beams on high.
I don't know how to fix this.... the bulbs are the ones that have a silver ring around them on the base and they a pressed down by a metal spring kind of thing. The dual beams and the ONLY type of bulbs theymake for this type of setup.
I want my new headlights.... they are porjectors. But how the heck do I make these dual bulbs work!!?? And how the heck do I explain it... because I know your lost because I had a really hard time just getting that much out... *sigh*
dkoug:
my un educated guess is that the additional current is causing the (some of) the wires to heat up and cause resistance to the current. Maybe a heavier guage wire in the right part or all of the circuit??????????///
Just a thought, I had a real nice 51 ford pickmeup with the 6 volt battery that would die on a corner and not start until it cooled down. After numerous fixes that did not work.
Replaced the Ground to the Battery and never a problem again at the suggestion of Paul Manchure in Kelowna.
Pays to know a old high school hot rod guy.
dkoug
vangremlin:
You might try installing relays near the headlights so there isn't so much current loss going through the wires all the way through the headlight switch and down to the lights. This could be another one of those problems requiring Jurjen to chime in lol.
thereverendbill:
--- Quote from: vangremlin on August 19, 2010, 11:43:00 PM ---You might try installing relays near the headlights so there isn't so much current loss going through the wires all the way through the headlight switch and down to the lights. This could be another one of those problems requiring Jurjen to chime in lol.
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I think I have him on the relay track and how to wire them in ........ It's like being on the operating table with a doctor on the phone telling another doctor how to perform open heart surgery
vangremlin:
--- Quote from: thereverendbill on August 19, 2010, 11:53:02 PM ---I think I have him on the relay track and how to wire them in ........ It's like being on the operating table with a doctor on the phone telling another doctor how to perform open heart surgery
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Sounds like a scene from Young Frankenstein...
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