Adding aditional / external switch for high beam / low beam

Adding aditional / external switch for high beam / low beam

Postby eehgil on Sat, 19 Aug 2023 6:54 +0000

Hi,

First: sorry for bad english, english is not my native language.

Have anyone added an external / additional switch for toggling (?) high beam / low beam?

I think I found some schematics, and if I found the right scematics and understood them right my conclusion is this:

To connect a switch directly in prallell/series with the original switch might be difficult, as the switch is integrated in the combintaion "stalk" (?) at the steering wheel.
An extra switch must change between high beam and low beam, not only switch on/off high beam.

My idea is this:
Add two changing relays (?) on the cable between the stalk switch and the connector. When activated this relay crosses the cable for high beam and low beam.
Disadvantage: this will make the original switch work oposite when the new switch is activated.

Would this work? Any comments?

Bonus questions: Coming from more modern cars I was looking for "light modules" and relays. Is my conclusion correct that there is not even a relays for high beam and low beam on this car? All " main current" from lights are actually going through the light switch on the steering column?
If this is correct. Would we gain any light by adding a separate "power circiut" to both high beam and low beam, with new separate relays. Then sending only "control circiut" for the new relays through the light switch?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Adding aditional / external switch for high beam / low b

Postby eehgil on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 5:39 +0000

Just to answer myself on this one. I have "Headlight (w/o Automatic Light Control w/ Daytime Running"

It is just to add a switch to the red/yellow cable coming from the "steering wheel column light switch stalk".

The original switch just grounds the dim relay, so you can choose if you connect the new switch in series with the existing one, or paralell and connects the switch to ground (minus/chassis). I have it in series so that both switches have to be "on" to have high beam.

https://youtu.be/zlaPKyWlwJE?feature=shared

https://youtube.com/shorts/1NoLG4f5elc?feature=shared

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Re: Adding aditional / external switch for high beam / low b

Postby ng_newbie on Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:49 +0000

eehgil wrote:Hi,

First: sorry for bad english, english is not my native language.


In Oz we say ESL !!!

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50 mtr range thru. walls & metal ( a bit ) then u can have switch in your pocket :)

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