Really weird Euro light behavior

[Jim Haseltine]

When I relayed my lights I found that the UK 'Dim Dip' circuit could cause
the relays to be self-energising if the ignition was switched off before the
lights were.

Tried a solution with a diode pack to stop the problem, lasted 12 months
before one of the diodes burned out. Replaced the pack with another relay
and a change to the circuit. Now I've got relayed lights and a working 'Dim
Dip' setting.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine
----- Original Message -----
From: "james accordino" <ssgacc at yahoo.com>
To: <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
Cc: "audi list" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Really weird Euro light behavior


> Both low beams work.  The high on the left is out.
> I'm still trying to determine where the power is
> coming from when the key is off/out.  I really think
> now it's either a bad relay or the combi switch.
>
> Jim Accordino
>
> --- Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > james accordino <ssgacc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >Low Beam- low beam on left, low and hi on right, hi
> > >beam indicator 1/2 bright.
> >
> > I recall that it's possible to mix the ground wires
> > on
> > the headlights (don't know exactly how; that's why
> > we have some EEs on the list).  The result is that
> > when one low-beam light burns out, electricity can
> > feed back through ground to the high beam, causing
> > it to glow at less than 100%.
> >
> > Or something like that.  I'm hoping this will jog
> > someone
> > with a better memory and more knowledge than me.
> >
> > Kent
> > '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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