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Re: [T3] High beam problem...


On 20 Oct 2004 at 18:01, Daniel Baum wrote:

> This evening I just went outside to check everything was OK. I tested all
> the electrical things and everything worked, until I tried the headlights. I
> turned them on, and they came on OK, I then switched them to high beam and
> that worked OK, but then it wouldn't go back to low beam. At the moment the
> headlights are stuck on high beam.

The switch operates the relay by grounding a wire to the relay. The only things 
that I could imagine that would cause this are:

1) bad relay

2) bad switch or wiring, such that the wire is not staying permanently 
grounded.

3) bad switch, that is not making good ground contact.

You should be able to check this by disconnecting the switch wire at the relay 
and try grounding that terminal a different way. Then check the switch wiring 
to make sure that it is grounded when you pull on the switch, but that there is 
no connection to ground when you release the switch.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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