Switch to enable both high/low beams at once?
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Switch to enable both high/low beams at once?
About a year ago, I ran into a guy who had a 2nd Gen Dodge and he said he had installed a different switch or relay or something that kept both the low and high beam lights on when he switched on his high beams. Has anyone else heard of doing this? I've done some searching here and also on the web in general via Google and haven't come up with anything.
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Does a Brite Box do that? I also seem to remember someone jumpering two wires together at the switch wire harness at bottom of steering column but I can't rember which ones. Do a search on headlight control and mayby it will pop up.
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Not sure about the jumper option. Here is the Brite Box.
http://www.genosgarage.com/CoastalDa...ID=979&CATID=1
http://www.genosgarage.com/CoastalDa...ID=979&CATID=1
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A while back somebody posted a way to do exactly what you are proposing by just using a "scotch lock" connector. You "scotch lock" two wires by the steering column and both the high and low beams are on when you switch to high beams. I cannot recall who it was and I just tried a search, but the message was "Sorry, the administrator disabled the search" so I could not find it.
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Don't suppose you might be able to offer a part number from JC Whitmey or perhaps an issue/page number?
Originally posted by rjordan
i bought a switch from JC whitney for 20 bucks that does that. well worth the 20
i bought a switch from JC whitney for 20 bucks that does that. well worth the 20
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Try www.suvlights.com he's got what you want. Not cheap just the best.
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I saved this from a while back when i did it to my truck. I dont remember who wrote it, or what site i got it from but it works great and i havent had any problem in 100,000 miles. I just wanted to share this cheap trick with you guys.
I wanted to have my low beam lights to stay on when switching to high beams. I was poised with pen in hand getting ready to write a check for a Brite Box. Then I remembered that I was an electrical engineer and should be able to do this myself. I located the schematic for the lighting circuit in the manual and found out how it works. A simple procedure will eliminate the need for the Brite Box. There are those who will say that the light switch can't handle the current of both filaments being on at the same time. I have a 2002 so my switch maybe different than earlier years. I did, however, perform this modification to a friend's 2001 without any problems at all. To do the mod, remove the panel below the steering column. This will expose a bundle of wires coming from the multifunction switch as well as the horn, cruise control, etc. The wires of interest on my 2002 as well as my friend's 2001 are light green and violet with a white stripe. There are two light green wires. Make sure of the one you need before doing the mod. I used a piercing circuit tester light and found the correct light green wire by grounding the tester and piercing each light green wire and watching which wire caused the tester light to go on and off when the light switch was turned on and off. Having located the correct wires, I used a wire tap connector to short these two wires together. The wire tap is designed to allow you to connect a new wire to an existing circuit. In other words, one side of the tap goes all the way through and the other dead ends. Take a knife and cut the dead end plastic out so that both wires can go all the way through. Place both the light green wire and the violet with white stripe wire in the tap and press it home with pliers. Be careful not to short the pliers to ground while doing this. I used a dab of dielectric grease in the tap just to be safe from corrosion later on. What this mod does is simply short across the low beam disconnect contacts of the multifunction switch. This will make the low beam filaments light as long as the light switch is turned on with the multifinction switch in either high or low beam position. I can now see the road better and it cost me $0.11 instead of $95.00.
I wanted to have my low beam lights to stay on when switching to high beams. I was poised with pen in hand getting ready to write a check for a Brite Box. Then I remembered that I was an electrical engineer and should be able to do this myself. I located the schematic for the lighting circuit in the manual and found out how it works. A simple procedure will eliminate the need for the Brite Box. There are those who will say that the light switch can't handle the current of both filaments being on at the same time. I have a 2002 so my switch maybe different than earlier years. I did, however, perform this modification to a friend's 2001 without any problems at all. To do the mod, remove the panel below the steering column. This will expose a bundle of wires coming from the multifunction switch as well as the horn, cruise control, etc. The wires of interest on my 2002 as well as my friend's 2001 are light green and violet with a white stripe. There are two light green wires. Make sure of the one you need before doing the mod. I used a piercing circuit tester light and found the correct light green wire by grounding the tester and piercing each light green wire and watching which wire caused the tester light to go on and off when the light switch was turned on and off. Having located the correct wires, I used a wire tap connector to short these two wires together. The wire tap is designed to allow you to connect a new wire to an existing circuit. In other words, one side of the tap goes all the way through and the other dead ends. Take a knife and cut the dead end plastic out so that both wires can go all the way through. Place both the light green wire and the violet with white stripe wire in the tap and press it home with pliers. Be careful not to short the pliers to ground while doing this. I used a dab of dielectric grease in the tap just to be safe from corrosion later on. What this mod does is simply short across the low beam disconnect contacts of the multifunction switch. This will make the low beam filaments light as long as the light switch is turned on with the multifinction switch in either high or low beam position. I can now see the road better and it cost me $0.11 instead of $95.00.
