[Healeys] running lights

[Michael Salter]

I think what Carl is getting at is that he would like some way to ensure
that he would not forget to turn the headlights on or perhaps off!!
My daily driver (summer) is a '67 Cooper S and I used to get admonished
regularly for driving on our windy country road with my headlights not on.
To solve the problem I removed the brown supply wire from the lighting
switch and ran a wire from the white #2 terminal of the ignition switch to
that lighting switch terminal. That way the lights come on with the
ignition, when I leave the headlight switch turned on and, more
importantly, go off when I turn the engine off.
I was concerned that the ignition switch, which is the same as that in a
BJ8, would not be able to handle the load but, touch wood, no problems yet.

Michael S
BN1 #174


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with Perry, and no I don't think he's missing anything.  It sounds
> like all you have to do is to turn on your lights...  Headlights.
>
> Maybe It's old school, I always learned that you should never drive with
> just your parking lights on, it was all lights or nothing.  Parking lights
> are for when you are parked, i.e., not moving.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM, <healeyguy at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Maybe I'm missing something, I usually do, but wouldn't this be
> > accomplished
> > by just turning on the headlight switch?
> > Aloha
> > Perry
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dr. C. Rubino <ruvino at ripnet.com>
> > To: healeylist <healeys at autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 4:04 pm
> > Subject: [Healeys] running lights
> >
> >
> > In Canada there is a requirement that car lights be lite during the day.
> > esterday my brother in law met me on the road and said he could hardly
> make
> > ut the Healey in the late afternoon and suggested that I install running
> > ights-old cars are exempt from the reg.
> > I would like to do this but would also like my back lights as well as my
> > eadlights to be on during the day. Anybody  have any easy suggestions?
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Michael Salter