1941 headlight dimmer switch wiring

[Ggmac]

He said on one of his other posts , he is running 6 v pos earth. But ……

[hueyhoolihan]

the type of lightbulb; sealed beam, halogen or LED is immaterial. the thread was created to establish whether or not the high beam and low beam connectors should ever be hot at the same time or are they mutually exclusive. and the answer is...yes! ha

[tubman]

Originally Posted by hueyhoolihan

the type of lightbulb; sealed beam, halogen or LED is immaterial. the thread was created to establish whether or not the high beam and low beam connectors should ever be hot at the same time or are they mutually exclusive. and the answer is...yes! ha

What I'm saying is that the type of bulb may be a determining factor on how the lights are wired. Conventional incandescent lights could not handle the lows and highs on at the same time because of heat and current draw factors. LED's on the other hand could handle the highs and lows on at the same time because of their lower current draw and reduced heat. The advantage of this would be a better light pattern when the high beams are on.

I can easily understand how the makers of LEDs would wire them both together because of the superior beam pattern. It would be a practical impossibility with standard incandescent bulbs. On top of all of this, you would still have light in a unit if for some reason the hi-beam LED went out.

[Ggmac]

I’m going to let him and AI answer his own questions from now on .Seems thats his way.