I guess the factory get out would be to swap the good bulb to the flap
actuated side.
I am however with the others double wire for safety rather than changing
lamps at the side of the road in the dark with rain adding to the
experience.
Qless
Gary
On 16/02/2012 23:38, Dave the Subbie wrote:
I'm sure I've posted this before, but please don't wire to just one
side of the headlights, either main or dip. Sods Law states that is
the side that the bulb will go on, and the bulb will blow the fuse.
Then the flaps will go up and cover your one remaining headlight. And
it will go all dark.....!
Either run another wire and diode from the other side, or run a wire
from the output of the lighting switch (i.e. before the fuses). If
that goes dead you have no lights at all, so the flaps going up is the
least of your problems.
I'm with Jim on colour coding. Couldn't see why the electric aerial
wouldn't work on the 2+2 until I got the meter out. Both wires to the
HRW were brown. So the aerial "earth" was connected to the HRW +ve. I
believe the factory did that....!
Dave.
On Feb 16, 7:24 pm, barnacle<[email protected]> wrote:
No practical advice to add, since I replaced all the wiring forwards
of the driver's seatback, but the sight of that rat's nest reminded me
of the mess that was in mine when I bought it. Perhaps the same bloke
'wired' it...
Neil
On Feb 16, 5:57 pm, Chris H<[email protected]> wrote:
If I understand correctly I attach the striped (Cathode) end of each
diode together and then into the relay?
Out of interest how do your lights on your 2+2 work?
Now you've mention it I can see what you mean. While i'm re-wiring the
I might just do that
Chris
On Feb 16, 1:19 pm, "Jim Hearne"<[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, tap into the main beam and dipped beam wires to one headlight and
connect each to the non-banded end (Anode) of one of the diodes.
Join the striped end (Cathode) of the diodes together and take a wire from
there to the flap relay coil (the other side of the relay coil is earthed).
The diodes mean the the flaps will open if either the main beam or the
dipped beam is on, you need the diodes to keep the circuits separate, they
will only let power flow from the headlight wire into the relay, not back
into the other circuit.
Think of them as one way valves for water, or tyre valves, if you fitted 2
valves onto a tyre you could use either of them to blow up the tyre.
If your sidelights are next to the indicators you don't need the flaps to
open on sidelights, just when the headlights are on.
The observant amongst you may have realised that the headlights have
separate feeds for each side of the car but the flap motor relay is feed
from only one side.
If the headlight fuse goes for the side of the car that the flap motor relay
is connected to then the flaps will close and you won't be able to see much.
If you are worried about this then fit 1 more diode from the other dipped
(and another diode from the main if you are really worried) beam circuits on
the car.
Jim
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From: "Chris H"<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:09 PM
To: "Quantum Owners Group"<[email protected]>
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 front wiring
I do have a local store, I'll go down and have a look tomorrow.
The sidelights in the headlights are not used.
So would I wire the diodes in the dipped and main beam from the
headlights?
Do the sidelights next to the indicator effect the operation of the
headlight flaps?
Chris
On Feb 16, 12:50 pm, "Jim Hearne"<[email protected]> wrote:
You could use these, they should work but they are very much overkill for
the purpose they have.
You just need a couple of 1N5400 series diodes, these come in a variety
of
voltage ratings but they start at 50 volts so you can use any of them,
1N5400, 1N5401 etc etc
Maplins sell them if you have a local shop.
I think the original build manual used the smaller 1N4000 series diodes
but
i prefer the thicker leads on the 1N5400 diodes for inline wiring in
cars.
Preferably solder them inline and cover with adhesive heatshrink.
The headlight flap relay is often mounted there.
Or you can mount it and the diodes inside behind the fusebox and just
take
the wires for the flap motor out through the engine bay to the flap
motor.
If you use the sidelights in the headlights, or have the Dim Dip
headlight
system then you need to connect the diodes to the main beam headlight and
sidelight circuits, otherwise use the main beam and dipped beam headlight
circuits.
Nice use of all red wire by the builder there.
My brother wanted me to make a complete new wiring loom for his VW beetle
just using one colour wire because it would look cool.
He seemed surprised when i said no !
Jim
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From: "Chris H"<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:34 PM
To: "Quantum Owners Group"<[email protected]>
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 front wiring
Hi Jim
That makes sense now. The headlight flaps currently do not work as the
previous owner disconnected them. So hence re-wiring the front.
Would it be best to use these rectifier's or replace them with the
diodes that where supposed to be there?
Also is the relay for the headlight flap normally mounted on the
nearside headlight pod
http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o519/sonich1/09022012198.jpg
as I have also one on the nearside wheel arch, near the battery, but i
believe this is an extra set of driving lights
http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o519/sonich1/09022012198.jpg
Cheers
Chris
On Feb 16, 9:27 am, "Jim Hearne"<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Chris,
There are 2 extra diodes on a 2+2 added to operated the headlight flap
relay.
Normally they are much smaller than this but maybe somebody decided to
get
industrial.
There will be one connected between the main beam headlight and the
relay
coil and another one connected between the dipped beam (or sidelight)
and
the relay coil.
Jim
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From: "Chris H"<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:23 PM
To: "Quantum Owners Group"<[email protected]>
Subject: [Quantum Owners] 2+2 front wiring
Hi all
I've decided to re-wire the front of my 2+2 as it is a mess. But I
have noticed that in the wiring they are 2 rectifier's.
http://s1145.photobucket.com/albums/o519/sonich1/?action=viewt...
http://s1145.photobucket.com/albums/o519/sonich1/?action=viewt...
http://s1145.photobucket.com/albums/o519/sonich1/?action=viewt...
http://s1145.photobucket.com/albums/o519/sonich1/?action=viewt...
My question is do I need these and what will happen if I take them
out?
Does anybody else have these on their Quantum's?
Cheers
Chris H
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