I bought some cheapo auto-pal lights off of ebay. for 45$ i got two h4 low-beams w/ city lights and two h1 hi-beams. The low's wired up fine and work great, but the hi's required me to cut the stock harness end off, and wire up the two hot leads to a single positive connector, and the ground, to a ground connector, to plug into the new hi-beam enclosures.
I used a multitester to test that there was 12-13V DC going through the new positive connector, before i plugged them into the lights.
Then, once i turned the lights on, the hi's wouldn't work, low's perform beautifully.
So i got out my multitester again and tested to make sure current was flowing. Now it isn't? i tested the bulb itself for resistance and found it to be at 2-3ohms, which indicates to me that the filament inside is fine.
So i figured i must've screwed something up somehow, and went about wiring up the second lighting assembly. Same problem. Had current before i tried the light w/ the new connectors, but once it got initial powerflow, no current runs anymore.
Also, when i turn on my high's, my low's turn off. So it seems like there is no power flowing to anything related to the hi-beam system, since the h4's in the low's are dual filament, they should be staying lit once it kicks over to hi's.
Wtf did i do? How do i fix it?
I used a multitester to test that there was 12-13V DC going through the new positive connector, before i plugged them into the lights.
Then, once i turned the lights on, the hi's wouldn't work, low's perform beautifully.
So i got out my multitester again and tested to make sure current was flowing. Now it isn't? i tested the bulb itself for resistance and found it to be at 2-3ohms, which indicates to me that the filament inside is fine.
So i figured i must've screwed something up somehow, and went about wiring up the second lighting assembly. Same problem. Had current before i tried the light w/ the new connectors, but once it got initial powerflow, no current runs anymore.
Also, when i turn on my high's, my low's turn off. So it seems like there is no power flowing to anything related to the hi-beam system, since the h4's in the low's are dual filament, they should be staying lit once it kicks over to hi's.
Wtf did i do? How do i fix it?
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