When testing the polarity of the three wires is he measuring voltage in
relation to ground, and all 3 are the same. They whould all be at 0volts
when teh truck is off... but the idea behind the relay sounds correct...
Chris
>Hey Guys & Goils -
>
>I have been craving a new Dakota addition ever since the R/T went back to
>DC in December.
>
>Trying to decide now if I want a nice used 95 or 96 RC 318 5-Speed, a new
>4.7/5-Speed, or a nice used 98 or 99 RC R/T.
>
>Anyway, I have an electrical question about the headlight system on Rams.
>
>I have a friend that wants to wire a set of driving lamps up to
>automatically come on when the high-bemas come on without using another
>switch. Per the instructions, he tried wiring the 86 terminal from the
>relay to the high-beam lead going to the headlight. He is telling me that
>he used a test light to see
>which lead of the three was the high-beam, and he is telling me that when
>the ignition is turned off that all three leads going to the headlight are
>hot. I told him this didn't make any sense as the lights would be on all
>the time when the truck was off.
>I thought maybe Dodge was using a relay to open and close the ground
>circuit, but that makes no sense either as all three of the wires are hot
>when the ignition is off, according to him.
>Anyone ever hear of anything like this?
'00 CC, 4.7, 5-sp, Autolite 3923's, Nearing Street Legal Radial Slicks...
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