How to Wire a Headlight Relay for Sealed Beam Round & Rectangle Lights w/ Floor Dimmer Switch.
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2021
- This video shows to how to wire a headlight relay for a pair of Round or Rectangle sealed beam headlights with a floor mounted high beam dimmer switch. I use a modern 5 pin bosch style relay and switch instead of a giant old school style headlight switch.
Relay Info & Part List Below:
0:12 H6024 7" Round Sealed Beam Headlight
0:53 H6054 Rectangle Sealed Beam Headlight
1:37 Why old cars have giant headlight switches
2:00 Why to use a headlight relay?
2:11 DS72 Floor Mounted Dimmer Switch
2:45 Dual Filament 1157 Bulbs
3:05 Pin 30 - Receives power from the battery, with a fuse in the middle.
3:14 Pin 87 - Sends power out of the relay to the high beam dimmer switch
3:24 Floor Mounted Dimmer Switch Wiring
4:00 Pin 86 - Receives power from the toggle switch
4:24 Pin 85 - Goes to ground
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hey i was wondering how many amps should go through the swtich to the relay to turn on the headlights i think 5amps should do but i want your opinon on it.
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Thank you so much for your instructional video. I burned out the headlamp switch in my '52 Crosley (actually the 30 amp fuse) and wanted to install a relay but the process confused me. Your video cleared it up. I'll let you know when the job is finished. It's a 6 volt system and I'm told that the lights will brighten up a bit as well. Thank you again!
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My 83 Ford F100 still has that dimmer switch and works great.
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Converting my 88 mr2 to a fixed led headlight from the pop-up sealed beams and it's nice to see how a circuit should work. This will allow for simplification of my front wiring
On older cars it’s a good idea to wire two separate relays down stream of the dimmer.
Close to the actual lights.
One for the low beam circuit.
One for the high beam circuit.
You eliminate a lot of the resistance though the hi, low switch itself, the plug on it, the firewall connector, and all the length of small gauge corroded old ass wiring.
You’ll get a nice bright light with much less voltage drop.
Still a great video on the concept.
Nicely displayed.
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I remember these floor switches. Notorious for overheating and having your lights fail while driving down the highway. Usually, it was just a matter of clicking down to lo-beam and switching the lights off and on again. But a bit of a shock when you're not ready for it.
I did this to my Nova but put the relay after the dimmer switch so it's low voltage like the main headlight switch. and under the hood between the battery and headlights.
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I’m setting up the headlights in my dads 48 Ford with an old school GM headlight switch and dimmer, but using the dimmer switch to select and power two different relays, one for high, one for low.
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I have a 2001 International 9900i semi truck. I was driving in heavy rain Thursday night. I dimmed the lights for oncoming traffic and blue light on dash dimmed slightly but high beams stayed on. They wouldn’t shut off and occasionally the low beams would come on. Now high beams are stuck on. All fuses and relays good. I got a dimmer switch from a Chevy truck brand new at parts store. No one had international switch. One place said they could order it for $160. It’s the same kind of switch as the Chevy switch. The old switch was wired with electrical tape and when I pulled the tape off the wires came off so I didn’t know which one went to which terminal. I put the green wire with constant power in the middle top terminal. I tried switching the yellow and black wires from left to right on the bottom two terminals. I got it so it’s doing the same thing it was. The blue light is dimming, but the high beams are staying on. The driver side headlight when I go to dim it is flickering. The terminal on that light had a problem with it before because it was all green, so I cleaned it up and it worked for a little while. Today I wired a new plug onto it. That didn’t help. It is still doing the same thing. What else could it possibly be?
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My 1969 f250 has it's headlights flashing. It's about time to rewire the entire vehicle anyways
I had a plethora of wires burn out on my 1969 cortina, its amazing that despite this everthing works except the head lights, it has the floor dimmer switch because the column switch wore out years ago, this instruction is very helpful., thanks for it, l will see how l go , l tried to subscribe , but l dont know if l succeeded , there is normally a subscribe to press.
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Very well explained wiring for the headlights and a simple switch and relay. I have a question, how would you incorporate the tail lights into this switch? Thanks !
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Great video. I'm putting two color , Amber & White fog lights on my Suzuki LTZ quad. Instead of a dimmer switch, I'll be using a spdt toggle. I think that's the switch I need, if not 🆘
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I’m doing a 2000 non m 5.3 swap out of a gen 3 Needed this to do fronts 💪🏾
Sweet! Good luck with your project, and thanks for watching!
Thank you for the video, very informative and helpful. Do you think I can do or use the same wiring for a 1989 toyota pickup 4x4? I wanted to replace the old sealed headlight housing to LEDs but for some reason they are not working. I think is a wiring issue. Again, thanks for the video.
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Thx a lot!
I want to power my headlights on my ‘65 dart like this, so power doesn’t run through my switch anymore :)
And once again you've helped me haha savior
Happy to help!
So Clear
Thank you for watching!
Your videos are very informative. I have a question. I'm running a 95 silverado steering column in my 92 silverado . My multifunction switch has a high beam selector switch built in it. I was wanting to use a relay to control the switch over from low to high beam and was wondering which wires will I need to connect to make everything flow right?
Thank you
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I really like your setup for the headlight wiring. Could you show how to connect to the ignition switch so that we don't accidently drain the battery? My 2007 ram 1500 headlight circuit is no good and I don't want to replace the TIPM. I want to connect my headlight circuitry outside of the TIPM.
Hi,What gauge wire do I need for headlights? (Amps and size in mm)also please tell me fuses Amps in the circuit.Thanks.
Awesome video thanks man could you please do one on how a wig wag flashing circuit works and how to make one at home from spare car electronics? Thanks
Could you do a video where you hook up newer style headlights (HIDs?) to an old muscle car? OR a video about wiring a basic gauge system i.e. fuel, tac, speedo, oil pres, water temp, and battery?
I would love to do all of these things, but I'm limited by the stuff I have to work with. Sadly, I don't have any LED's around to tinker with, but I may have some gauges. I will have to look around to see what I can find. Thanks for watching!
Great informative videos to help wire my hotrod!! what size amp fuse do I use for light switch to power source?
Hi, I am working in a Datsun 240z w a custom Dash. And want to hook the normal switches back up on the steering column.
Would it be possible to connect white wire (on relay) to UNswitched 12V power, thus energizing the relay upon start up? I’m thinking of this because I want to use a 3 position rocker switch ( on-off-on) to operate low/high beams…
Great video. How would you go about this exact same thing except without the dimmer switch
I have a 67 Dart, and after replacing the switch and the dimmer, I still have no lights. I was going to upgrade to LED lights, now that I know this info, it’s going to make the upgrade a whole lot simpler
Heck yes! I’m not sure if those Darts have firewall connectors for the wiring, but I know I’ve had multiple old cars that have terrible factory connections at the firewall that prevent the lights from working. So before you start over - check that if you haven’t already! Also Darts are frickin awesome! Thanks for watching!
@@WiringRescue it does have wiring through the bulkhead of the firewall. It appears to be controlled through the amp gauge (ammeter) and the headlights are always dim. I had seen back in the 90’s a way to bypass the ammeter but....I never did it. I’d really like to get away from having everything hooked up to the ammeter if possible. Looking for the smartest way possible without burning the car to the ground or rewriting the entire car
Rewiring
Can you make a video like this for ignition? Probably a 3 way switch; off, on, momentary.
Great videos! I was looking for this exact video and the turn signal one to replace my very expensive replacement turn signal switch that failed.
The ignition/starter circuit is something I've been considering. I'll add it to me list of wiring videos to create!
Will one relay work for both lights? Will this work on modern headlights, I'm rewiring an 01 dakota that uses arelay for each headlight, it has had some shade tree guys work on the wiring and had lots of problems, I just want to be able to see at night, lol
Great explanation. How would you wire front parking lights of a 1964 Chevy C10? Factory set up is those lights turn off when headlights are on. I would like them to stay on
Check out this video I made that probably uses the same headlight switch as your truck. You may be able to tie the front parking lights into the rear light terminal on this switch to have them stay on with the headlights. ua-cam.com/video/41uIZyRsJC4/v-deo.html
Great Video. I'm rewiring my 1973 Firebird and have a question. Which Wire Size did you use? Is AWG 18 enough? Greetings from Germany!
I actually made a video about that! Take a peek, ua-cam.com/video/EhzN6UdnmPA/v-deo.html also thanks for watching!
@@WiringRescue Thanks for the link!
Thanks for your video it really helps. Am working on a 54 gmc truck, an I swap an 02 Silverado drive train v6 with the complete harness, I am having trouble hooking up my head lights, any ideas???
Could you use a 3 pin switch to do this as well? Eliminating the 2nd switch so that way lights would be "off, on, high"
It’s awesome thank for your help , I’ve little question , you use 5 pin relay but use 4 so it’s possible to use 4 pin or I must 5 pin too ? Thank for your answer
You can absolutely use a 4 pin relay. I just used a 5-pin because that’s what I had at the time. Thanks for watching!
So, the power that goes to the fuse, is obviously the fuse box. Where are those relays usually stored? Under the dash or in engine well? If you were rewiring wipers, signals, gauges and ignition, would there be a relay for each?
Awsome video, was almost exactly what I was looking for. Working on a 68 VW dune buggy that needs lots of rework. Now, how do I incorporate the tail lights into the same switch? Thanks.
Thanks for the kind words! Check out my other videos for tail light options. I’ve got a bunch of different methods!
😎👍thank you
Happy to help! Thank you for watching!
Great video, I’m in process of wiring in a sealed beam 4 headlight system with parking lights. Could you please do a video for what you would need to conquer that? Thanks!
I’ll add it to my to do list. A few others have asked for a 4 headlight option, so I’ll do it soon!
@@WiringRescue Thanks much appreciated!
Hi, if you add the tail lights do you just connect to the white wire on the dimmer switch?
Love your videos. Working on a 1991 Alfa Romeo Spider- upgrading wiring harness with relays. CURIOUS- wouldn’t you want the fuses in between the battery and relay for the high amp draw on the circuit? With your setup, I would have put the fuses before the relay pin 30. I suppose then you’d have to create another power source for the on/off switch, maybe fuse that too?
You could absolutely add fuses in there, it will just end up protecting different sections of the circuit. The most important part is sizing the fuses and wires for the amperage draw that is going through the circuit!
@@WiringRescue absolutely! In watching all your videos and a few other channels I'm also learning that even the terminal connectors have a max amperage they can carry - So thankful for all these amazing videos you produce!
I'm having flickering light issues on my 1971 cutlass Supreme. I'm thinking I should add a relay to it. It has 4 headlights 2 for low beam and 2 for high beam. Do I need 2 relays or can I use 1 for all 4 lights?
Cool man ...maybe u have a hint i had sealed headlights but decided to go with the bulbs supposedly brighter all was great but after a while the switch started to smell like burning &the headlights flashed...not sure if the bulbs draw more than the sealed ones???
Thanks for this super helpful , I'm working on a 64 chev impala and the dip switch is faulty . Would a normal 3 way toggle switch work?
I also have a 64 impala. A normal 3-way switch would probably work I would think, but the new floor switches are very cheap. I think the one I recently bought was like $15. Maybe just get a new one?
@@WiringRescue cool, many thanks man.
As always, thorough and expertly explained! Question..Is there a switch that I can put on my dash instead of the foot-actuated High-beam switch?? Thanks!!
You are in luck my friend. I’m finishing that exact video this morning and hoping to have it live for you to watch today! Keep an eye out for it! 🎉
@@WiringRescue that's awesome!! I'm looking forward to watching it. Keep up the good work!
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There are also dual headlight relays available. What are there for if the wiring can be done with a simple 4 pin relay?
SoI have a quick question.
I thought the reason behind having relays is so you do not have high voltage coming into a switch that can’t handle the power. But looking at your diagram you have power coming from the battery into the switch and then it is going into the relay
Well this explains the mess I got going on in my model A better .. now I gotta try to fire out how to make my headlights work with factory harness 🤦
I believe in you! Good luck!
Totally screwed up my 75 Scout, but now the maeker lights blink with the blinkers, which is pretty cool. No clue how I did that. But also the right blinker tirns on the left blinker and off the rear lights. Hopefully I just just set it up like this.
Can I use a 2 prong on off switch with this setup and just put the white wire and power wire together on the on side of the switch?
Can you help me out ? I’m trying to wire up headlights taillights flashers and blinkers to a 1964 Chevy impala and I’m using yours wire diagram which by the way is very helpful I’m just trying to figure out how do I get the headlights taillights all the work in sync! Using the original headlight switch an aftermarket hazard switch
Hi, I have a Datsun 260z someone converted into a race car, upon disconnecting the relays and still finding everything still working other than the fan for the radiator. I am redoing all the work hooking back up to the key. If I buy a bunch of fuse holders isn’t it easier to buty a fuse box?
Yes! Stay tuned! My next video will include a fuse box. I’ve got the whole thing made, just gotta finish the filming and editing parts!
If you haven’t seen it already check out the Leash brand fuse boxes. I’m not associated with them in any way, but it’s a nice product, and reasonable price if you only need 6 fuses.
Lastly - I do have a radiator fan video too if you are looking for ideas on how to wire yours.
Totally Awesome, I know video editing and uploading is time consuming. Do you have an approximate. Date w the fuse box so I will mark on my calendar
On semis there is a button on the steering wheel that you can press to turn off the headlights there is also a separate button that can be pressed to turn off all the daytime running lights. All lights come back on when you let go of their respective buttons. I would like to install those buttons on my car because I’d use them every day as I do in the semi. How would those buttons be worked into this system?
So can you use that third leg on the red switch to run to another relay to power taillights, so your only using one switch for headlights and taillights?
1950 chi p-up with reverse polarity bought new headlights, but the wires were already cut. Need to know how to connect the headlights and tail lights to the vehicle with the reverse polarity.???? please help
I do have a question. Does it matter what size relay or switch or fuse would it affect how bright or dim the headlights would be? For example if you use a 10 amp relay compared to like a 15 or 20 amp relay or however that works
Hey there @Jayjay42023 ! Thanks for watching the video. You need to determine what size fuse the circuit needs. The fuse size won't dim the lights. It will protect the circuit if the accessory draws too much amperage. I explain more & show you how to determine the fuse/wire size in this video. ua-cam.com/video/EhzN6UdnmPA/v-deo.html If you still have questions after this, let me know in the comments!
You are a great teacher...the best. Thanks for simplify.
Hi looking at your video about wiring up double head lights how do you wire up duel relays one for low beam and the other relay for high beam the yellow wire comes from head light switch to dimmer switch how do I connect it to the relays
use two relays after the dipper switch so you get battery power straight to the headlights and if one relay fails you have redundancy and lights until you get safely off the road to fix it.
Hi. I have experience when it comes to building and modifying cars, however I have always struggled with "relays". Although your tutorials have helped I am still, in many ways, non the wiser. Which leads me to my problem. I own a 1966 Morris Minor, I am trying to acheive the opposit of what you are showing here. I want to move the foot operated switch (the same as the one in your video) to a normal toggle switch in the dash. Is this doable, and can you show me how? I do have a 5 pin relay ready to go. Many thanks.