Head Lights problem

[MarkB]

Originally Posted by misty

but if the dips are coming on would it not be the same for the headlights ?

Nope, my dip lights worked fine but when put on mains the indicators came on and stayed on and the ticker box sounded like it was going to have a "go bang moment"..It was a dodgy earth wire but took me hours to find it.

[misty]

ok i will search and find it
many thanks

[davedew]

Have you checked the fuses for the main beam power?

Sounds obvious but you never know.

[misty]

still cant find it checked the fuses what about the relay would that cause it?

[will_08]

Do you get what you should on the relay associated with the headlights. I.e Volts to pull the coil in. Volts in/out of the contacts?

[baz-r]

i take it you mean high beam goes out?
first things first take both bulbs out and set up high beam to be on
what voltage you got from ground (earth) and feed (positive)
if you got zero im thinking relay not working or not wired up right
if you have some voltage put the bulbs back in the circuit and check for voltage drop as there could be resistence some where

[Enoch]

I would guess at the relay or possibly the switch. The sides will be on all the time, you must be getting a feed to the switch for the low beams to come on. As it's both mains then it's unlikely to be bulbs or holders at fault. Try swapping some relays around, it's not likely to be an earth problem.
Enoch.

[misty]

many thanks for that i will try that in the next few days
thanks again