[slab42]

it doesn't make either light brigher, but rather makes the high beam on (but less bright) while the low is on, and when you hit your high beam switch, your high beam goes to full intensity

 

[LilGuns]

come on guys two more people so we can get these!!!!! i have been messing with h4 harnesses to have hi/lo in each but this is cool too!!!

 

[lexus]

Hey Nate,

Nice write up! but im a little bit confused. Could you put the relay numbers on your diagram?

85, 86, 87, 87a, 30 example is here

http://www.the12volt.com/relays/relays.asp

 

[lexus]

Power the Relay

• Cut a piece of heat shrink about 1.5” long and place over the wire going to the bike side at C.
• Strip back wire 4 and C
• Allow to cool a bit then move the heat shrink over the connection and shrink

Is the Wire C the original Positive line connected to E?

Ground the Relay

• Cut the High Beam negative side at D(Black ). Make sure to leave enough length so you can solder on new connections.( I added some more wire to mine)
• Cut a piece of heat shrink about 1.5” long and place over the wire going to the relay.
• Strip back wire 3 and D
• Solder Both ends together
• Allow to cool a bit then move the heat shrink over the connection and shrink
• Remove the piece over the double sided tape and mount permanently

Do you splice line 3 into D? or it needs to be cut completely (3 ends being soldered or 2 ends?) The reason I ask is because your diagram shows 3 wires are connected.

 

[lexus]

Hey Nate,

Nice write up! but im a little bit confused. Could you put the relay numbers on your diagram?

85, 86, 87, 87a, 30 example is here

http://www.the12volt.com/relays/relays.asp

Never mind I found your other post with the diagram

http://www.600rr.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2407

 

[jasonb]

hey so what is going to be shiped I am intrested but just wondering what you will be sending to me. O yea and i have been wanting something like this for a while now.

 

[nate96]

Lexus: Yes C used to be connected to E. It is where you cut at B.
On line 3 connecting it to D. Yes there would be three ends to solder together. I did it that way so i could add more wire. But If you are good electricaly, you do not need to cut D, you could just get rid of some insulation and add 3 to it.

Jasonb: What would be shipped is the relay with resistors, in an enclosure already wired. Hopefully everything will be in the enclosure this time. There will be enough wire so all you need to do is wire it to the bike. The second part of the instructions.

 

[kjoy064]

Hey guys, i have been trying to do this for the past month since i got my 1000.
Nate96, over here in Australia i can not get hold of a single 1ohm 25w resister but have got my hands on 2x 1ohm 10w and 1x 1ohm 5w resistors, how would you go about wiring it up?

Cheers kristian

 

[Huntstyle]

I just ride with my high beams on at night, unless I'm right on someone's a$$. I don't care if people flash their brights at me, at least I know that means they can see me!

 

[nate96]

can you get 2-0.5 ohm 10W resistors. You could wire them series. Or 2-2.0ohm 10W resistors in parallel. You can get away with just 1-1.0ohm 10W resistor. As it will put out 8 Watts when hooked up. So it will just run hot. Just make sure to insulate very well if you do it that way. I can check tomorrow as I have all my stuff at work right now on using 0.5 ohms, or 1.5 ohms

 

[kjoy064]

can you get 2-0.5 ohm 10W resistors. You could wire them series. Or 2-2.0ohm 10W resistors in parallel. You can get away with just 1-1.0ohm 10W resistor. As it will put out 8 Watts when hooked up. So it will just run hot. Just make sure to insulate very well if you do it that way. I can check tomorrow as I have all my stuff at work right now on using 0.5 ohms, or 1.5 ohms

Cheers mate, cause when i wired them all up in parallel they did nothing at all, the relay would clip on and off when high beam was on but the light itself did not change

 

[nate96]

Sounds like you wired it wrong and got a short somewhere. I did that the first time i tried doing this. Toke it off rewired it and it was good

 

[kjoy064]

I didn't think i did but i will have another look when i get home tonight. Both lights were on all the time but it just didn't dim when on low beam...

 

[kjoy064]

BTW do you have one or more reistors? I thought i might nee dto wire them in series.

 

[TonyBarron]

Nice work! Maybe one day I'll do something similar...

 

[nate96]

I am using 2-2 ohm resistors in parallel.

If the relay is clicking very quickly, you more than likely have a short somewhere.

If you wire it this way with the resistors you have. The high beam should be around 34 Watts of out put when using 55 Watt bulbs when on low beams. Theses values are all approximate. Your resistors should run fairly cool then too. By using 1 ohm resistance the bulb is around 28 Watts of out put.
If you can get another 1 ohm resistor. You can add it in series with the single one. Then you would have 1 ohm total with the others run in parallel with it.

 

[kjoy064]

thank you Nate96, i did manage to get a couple of 2ohm 10w and ran them in parallel and it's working without a problem.

Thanks for your help.

 

[nate96]

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[nate96]

This was a bad idea. It melted the enclosure.

 

[xcessiv]

is he running HIDs? why would u need 100w? arent are bulbs 55 stock?