Driving light connectors

PPH

Fresh Recruit
I have installed Hella Bi-halogen projector driving lights to my Glanza (needed to have some solution for getting LHD lights). Those Bi-halogen lights have only one H7 bulb and reflector which is used to applying high beam. I used one relay to switch between high and low beam.
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Now I have such problem that high beams are some times switch on spontaneously. If I flash high beams it goes back to low beams, but it may return back to high beams after a while. I don't know what is wrong with my connection? Is it so that there should be always some load, for both, low and high beams? Now there is load only for that wire which is in use, another is switched of by relay.

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For some reason picture I attached was not visible. Here is schematic of connection:
http://www.aijaa.com/v.php?i=5450457.jpg
 
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weeJohn

Lifer
Looking at the schematic you have provided, whenever you switch on the lo beam and close that wire to earth, the relay will switch and there will be no circuit for lo beam, only high beam.

Is it possible that for the lamp to work correctly on high beam, both circuits need to be switched, and the problem you have is only the high beam is switched so it intermittently comes on rather than all the time you switch the lo beam switch to earth.

Pretty sure that EP lights leave the lo circuit closed when switching to high.
 

PPH

Fresh Recruit
Looking at the schematic you have provided, whenever you switch on the lo beam and close that wire to earth, the relay will switch and there will be no circuit for lo beam, only high beam.

Is it possible that for the lamp to work correctly on high beam, both circuits need to be switched, and the problem you have is only the high beam is switched so it intermittently comes on rather than all the time you switch the lo beam switch to earth.

Pretty sure that EP lights leave the lo circuit closed when switching to high.

I draw the relay wrong, correct diagram:
http://www.aijaa.com/v.php?i=5450519.jpg
But I think it is correctly connected, because it works most of the time.
 

PPH

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I think the reflectors are too sensitive. They go on if there is some induction or some minimal potential differences, I think I try to connect some additional load parallel to reflectors, if that would prevent that flashing. I also noticed that relay is not needed, because common + is connected only when lights are on, so I can use that to bulbs and ground other wires of bulbs to cars common ground.
Here is new schematic I will try out:

http://www.aijaa.com/v.php?i=5451293.jpg
 
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PPH

Fresh Recruit
Where is Starlets own driving light relay located? I think I try to get high signal directly before car own relay to High beam reflectors. I think car own relay is somehow working incorrectly, because loads are different than usual, so I think it is better to use signal direcly from high/low beam switch.
 

PPH

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I changed connections like in picture. I used those unused relay coils as load resistance. I think it works now ok.
 
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