Dip beams stays on when lights are on full beam - is this normal ??
Reason I ask : It recently blew BOTH main-beam fuses within 1 minute of each other because the wire insulation inside the headlight modules melted against the clip that holds the main beam H1 bulbs in place. I am wondering if the headlight internals are overheating.
Maybe some kind soul can verify what happens on theirs ??
Cheers
P
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If the headlights are fitted with two seperate bulbs rather than one combined bulb for dip & main,then both wiil normally be used when you switch to main;the dip remaining on to illuminate the area closer to the car.
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Thanks for that ... it confirms what I learned from the wiring diagram in the Haynes manual after I finally understood it (it has at least one error! - no + connection to the dip-beam relay ).
The wiring on this little car is very strange ... 3 of the headlight bulbs have their -ve wires connected directly to earth but the 4th (LH dip beam) is wired to earth via a relay and can have +12V switched onto its -ve wire ... very wierd.
Anyone have an idea why they do this ??
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The headlights are wired this way as the car may have the old system of dim/dip headlights where the headlights are on low power when sidelights and ignition are switched on.hth
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