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Post by lariens »

When I pull my little lever slowly, both high beam and low beam are on at the same time. It is realy good, why cant you or should I say will if fry anything if I was to mod the setup so on high beam low is on at the same time????
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Post by Shadow »

lariens wrote:When I pull my little lever slowly, both high beam and low beam are on at the same time. It is realy good, why cant you or should I say will if fry anything if I was to mod the setup so on high beam low is on at the same time????
if its not designed for this you can overheat the bulb and blow it, and perhaps although less likely overheat the wiring aswell.
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Post by outback_lux »

blows the relays, i had the same excited expriens when i figured that out too. ooops
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Post by its aford not a nissan »

it is the earth that cant take the load as there is only one earth wire for both low and high beam and this will end up melting
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Post by DamTriton »

The glass envelope of the globe is also not made for having both beams active, will result in shattered glass in no time.
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