[Healeys] Headlamp wiring

Jaap Aeckerlin j.aeckerlin at gmail.com
Sat Jan 23 00:43:37 MST 2010


Simon, if you don't want to see your loom going up in a puff of smoke, you
better fit a relay. Without a relay the Lucas light switch gets the full
amps load through its tiny contacts and they will get (very) hot.
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432 (with relay).

2010/1/23 Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>

> Could someone please tell me which wire is which regarding the three wires
> that go to the headlights. These are black, blue with red tracer & blue
> with
> white tracer.
> >From the fact that the blue with white seems to go, via the dip switch, to
> the main beam warning light in the speedo I guess I'm safe with the
> following:-??
> Blue with red = dipped beam
> Blue with white = main beam
> Black = earth
> However, if I buy and wire in a halogen conversion I'd not like to see my
> presumption go up in a pff of smoke and my loom with it! Can someone
> confirm. The wiring diagram in the manual is not 100% idiot proof in this
> instance.
> Simon
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