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Subject:Re: SA inner Highbeams Cutout Circuit
From:Don Hanson
Date:Mon, 5 May 2014 16:54:02 -0700

I used a Vanagon Headlight switch in one of the blank spots to the right
side of the instrument pods....I wired that switch to a relay triggered by
the high beam power and by my auxillary battery ...so if the switch ( it's
a lighted one I haven't figured out that part yet.....) is off, there's no
power going through the relay...lights are off..   If the switch is turned
to the second position...when the high beams are on it sends power to the
relay which lights the secondary lights, in my case, these are KC
Daylighters....When the switch is in the 3rd position, the secondary lights
get power, again through that relay, this time from the aux battery...

   I wired them this way to have a secondary source of light should my main
headlights go out for any reason....   So, in the three way headlight
switch you can source from our list vendors and snap right into the
pod.......You have one position with no power going through to the lights
via that relay..."Off"        The second switch position is "On"....I have
mine wired to aux battery as a second 'double-redundant' in case of
complete loss of power when driving along....The third position is "On when
High beams are On"...handy when driving in the desert and a car comes at
you....you simply dim the dimmer and the extra lights also go off...then
flip it back to high beams and they come back too.

   I can't explain it very well, but  it is pretty simple when you have the
wires and the switch and the relay there in front of you...

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Cunegonde <
cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com> wrote:

> I recall someone posted about selecting SA Grill inner highbeams, using a
> cutout circuit and maybe floor-mounted foot switch. Anyone have a link to
> that post?
>
> I want to choose to have the inners on or not with the outer highbeams.
>
> Thanks!