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Re: Figuring out the wires

To: Geoffrey Gallaway <geoffeg@sloth.org>
Subject: Re: Figuring out the wires
From: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:38:24 -0600 (MDT)
when you pull back to flash the lows will still be powered.  I can't help
with anything else unfortunately, although it sounds like your switch has
some issues.

James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'63 Buick 215 

On Tue, 16 May 2000, Geoffrey Gallaway wrote:

> Ok, so does someone on the list have experience with the headlights on a
> BGT? I have the situation where while lowbeams are selected on the stalk I
> get both headlights on lowbeams, pulling the stalk back (to flash the
> highbeams) I get the right headlight to a highbeam and the left one stays
> lowbeam. Pushing the stalk forward for always-on highbeams I get nothing.
> What the heck is going on?
> 
> AFAIK, headlights have three connections, ground and two hots, one for
> lowbeam and the other for highbeam. So, when I pull back on the stalk for
> flashing the highbeams or push the stalk forward for setting the highbeams
> on, I should be powering the ground and the highbeam hot. When I set the
> stalk to center for lowbeams on, I should be powering the ground and the
> lowbeam hot. Is this not how it works?
> 
> Geoff
> 
> -- 
> Geoffrey Gallaway || I must be a real system administrator, the real world 
> geoffeg@sloth.org || doesn't make sense to me anymore.
> D e v o r z h u n ||                          -- Doug
> 


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