[V8] High Beams

Greg Furstenwerth slicerdicer at comcast.net
Sat Mar 26 15:49:32 EST 2005


Well I will see what I can do I dont know how easy it is to replace that
switch. I will prod around though and find out as best I can. I dont
really know how to read schematics such as that. Anyway I will take a
look around and see what is going on with a voltmeter.

Kent McLean wrote:

> Greg Furstenwerth <slicerdicer at comcast.net> wrote:
> > if I kick on the highbeams it kicks off the lowbeams/foglights
> > and everything goes dark.
>
> > Ohh and Hi everybody! I am new to the list, I did not know
> > that they existed till just 2 days ago.
>
> It sounds like your headlight switch is going bye-bye. All
> the electricity to power those headlights goes through the
> switch, which eventually takes its toll and causes it to fail.
>
> I'd replace the switch and relay the headlights so that the
> switch powers the relays. See:
> <http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/headlight-simple.htm>
>
> Oh, and welcome. By the way, the list has been around a lot
> longer than just 2 days. :)
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>
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