[Healeys] driving/fog lights

Eric (Rick) Wilkins e-wilkins at cox.net
Sun Aug 17 12:03:45 MDT 2008


In most of the US, that is the ONLY legal option for road use of  
driving lights. Fog are OK with other wiring.

On Aug 17, 2008, at 7:20 AM, Michael Salter wrote:

> I would recommend using the High Beam wiring for the driving light.  
> The
> cable from the dimmer switch joins to the main harness above the  
> foot well
> where the wire for the high beam light is joined in with a double  
> bullet
> connector. Just add the driving light supply in the spare hole in that
> connector. The advantage of this is that when you crest a hill with  
> high
> beams and your driving light to be confronted by surprise by an  
> oncoming car
> punching the dimmer switch will extinguish the driving light and put  
> the
> headlights in low beam. If you really want to do the best job a  
> relay can be
> installed in the circuit to minimize the possibility of overloading  
> the
> original lighting circuit...
> Michael Salter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces+msalter=precisionsportscar.com at autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces 
> +msalter=precisionsportscar.com at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Dennis Gavin
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:57 AM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] driving/fog lights
>
> I have installed a fog light and a road light on the badge bar on my  
> 63 BJ7.
> I have run the wires back to switches for each under the dash. Where  
> is the
> preferred location to pick up power as the fuse block seems so  
> crowded that
> it would look messy. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Once  
> again thanks
> for your efforts.


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