Resolved Simple headlight diagram. What am I missing here?

[forcefed86]

So with my lights setup like this diagram. Low beam works great and is bright. When I switch to high beam All the lights come on but they are dim. The way I have it wired the high (top lights) should come on brightly and the bottom shouldn't come on at all. Some how I'm back feeding to all 4 lights. Do I need a diode in this somewhere to prevent this?

Oh and the light housings are isolated (not grounded).

Thanks

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You need to run the high beams in parallel with the low beams, rather than in series.

Wait... is that a three position switch and normally open?

Thanks for the quick reply.

Can I retain the constant power supply to the lights? Using the ground to activate the Low and Hi beams if I wire it parallel?

 

[19Eclipse90]

What really is getting me is the switch. If it is as drawn -- there is always a direct ground for the low beams -- that is the problem. If the diagram is drawn as switched to low beams on and when switched to high beams there is no ground for the low, I don't have any idea why it isn't working.

 

[forcefed86]

I apologize that I jumped the gun there. I didn't look at it long enough before I made that suggestion.

What really is getting me is the switch. If it is as drawn -- there is always a direct ground for the low beams -- that is the problem. If the diagram is drawn as switched to low beams on and when switched to high beams there is no ground for the low, I don't have any idea why it isn't working.

The power source is a switched relay. Comes on with the IGN.

The switch isn't exactly as I have it drawn. It has an off position where it provides no ground.

Then it has the ability to have only "lo" or only "hi". Or I can set it up with low in the first position and both "Hi" and "Low" in the second position.

 

[19Eclipse90]

Then it has the ability to have only "lo" or only "hi".

This is what you'd want -- but also looks like what you had in the first place. If your wiring is correct and you had it like that, I don't know why it wouldn't work correctly. Sorry I probably can't help as much as I'd hoped.

EDIT: I would move the switch to the hot side and run the highs and lows off the switch there.

 

[forcefed86]

This is what you'd want -- but also looks like what you had in the first place. If your wiring is correct and you had it like that, I don't know why it wouldn't work correctly. Sorry I probably can't help as much as I'd hoped.

EDIT: I would move the switch to the hot side and run the highs and lows off the switch there.

Appreciate the help. I had it correct the first time. Just had a pin swapped on the weather pack. it all works now.

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