Jessica. Datsun 1600's headlights as is most of the electrical system is earthed swiched. Meaning they have power at all times. That means when you flip the switch you are earthing wotever you are turning on to make it work. Unfortunatly hallogens are normally setup to be earthed all the time and powered when switched on. So you need to have relays put in to make them work by reversing the switching to powered switching from earth switching. I think I have a wiring diagram or instuctions somewhere that I can email to the list if you need it. I got mine done at the auto electrition though because I thought it would be wise to get the wiring for the headlights upgraded at the same time. Extra heavy duty wires because of the higher current draw that the hallogens need to light up the night. Any how I hope this helps. Rick White. --- "jessica Downes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >Im having the same problems.. replaced my headlights with halogen globes and >still nothing. the wiring is a mess, and nothing seems to work... maybe its >a datto thing?! any advice? > >-jess > > >>From: "uniken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Headlight Woes >>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:26:45 +1100 >> >>Hi everyone, >> >>I'm having a problem with the headlights on my 1600. The left one is very >>dim, and the right one a bit dim too. The high beams (inners) glow slightly >>when low beam is selected. The voltage at the lights is 12 when they are >>off, so I presume the switch earths one of the wires. When the light is on >>the voltage drops to only 8. I think I have a bad earth somewhere or maybe >>a >>bad relay or switch. Someone has added several relays (for two extra sets >>of >>lights) and fiddled with all the wiring. Where is the earth connection for >>the headlight switch located exactly? I connected a new earth wire from the >>battery to chassis, but it did not improve the situation. All the other >>electrics function properly. >> >>Any help much appreciated! >> >>Cheers, >> >>+--------------------------------------------------------+ >>| Chris Howard | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >>| '69 Datsun 510 | Web: http://turbovan.com/ | >>| '80 Escort Van SR20DET | Work: http://wattlesoft.com/ | >>+--------------------------------------------------------+ >>| Forced induction - 'The replacement for displacement.' | >>+--------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > _____________________________________________________________ Get Your free Ozdat Email Account ---> http://www.ozdat.com --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
