High beam - low beam combo?

[MoJoe 01]

Hi, everyone. I'm new to this forum. Saw a lot of good info. while browsing thru, so I thought I'd join. I'm trying to find a way to keep the low beams on when switching on the high beams in my '96 GC. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any input, MoJoe 01

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[MoJoe 01]

Come on, someone must know how to do this. There must be a way to change the dimmer switch so that all it does is turn the high beams on or off and doesnot effect the low beams.

Somebody, anybody???

[vlmuke]

I don't think you can as I replaced the turn signal/bright ass'y in my wifes old caravan it was sealed up pretty good and it was just a plug in replacement
a friend did that to his 89 sable he had to rewire the lights and ended up using 3 toggle switches one for the parking light another for the reg beams and the third for the highs he said it wasn't worth the time and effort as it didn't give him much more light and he claims the bulbs didn't last as long
hope this helps

[MoJoe 01]

Thanks for the reply. I was afraid the unit would be the sealed type.
I thought there would be a way to eliminate the low beam wire from the dimmer switch, thereby making the switch only turn the high beams on & off.
If you notice, when driving in low beam mode and you pull the dimmer switch part way back, the highs come on, along with the lows. This condition really lights up the road!
This is the condition I was looking to achieve without having to hold the switch part way back.
Thanks anyway,
MoJoe01

[next2pool]

You can do this with a cheap relay from Autozone or Checker or Walmart. They are packaged for fog lights and cost around $10. You then need to power the "coil" of the relay by the high beam 12v wire, and the contacts (normally open) can then connect the low beam to 12Vpreferably from a 12V source from the fuse box . This way, the light circuit sees no additional power draw and on low beams there will be no feedback to the high beam.

[MoJoe 01]

Thanks next2pool,
I'll give this a try when I get a chance.
Could I just use a spare relay like the ones in the under-hood box?

[next2pool]

"Could I just use a spare relay like the ones in the under-hood box?"

Sure--but you need to know which terminals are which--some of the relays are marked .

[MoJoe 01]

O.K., I'll check it out.

Thanks again.