city light question

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city light question

By Ajax1989
- Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:51 am #226796 ok i did asainrobs diy city lights and i love em
but when i turn on my headlights the city light stays on, which is fine but id like to have them off when my headlights are on,

IM NOT GONNA HOOK EM TO A SWITCH OR MY FOGS

so thats why im coming to you guys
is there away i can hook em up to turn off when the headlights turn on
like a relay set up or wire them to something that turns off when the headlights are on.
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By hatchie
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:02 am #227066 I say keep em oem ...always on but I've searched this a long time ago only way was switch cuz nothing turns off when headlights turn on
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By Ajax1989
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:13 am #227085 i forgot about this
i figured it out

since i have hid's and they are on my low beams
so what i did was hook the power wire for the city lights to my high beams

so when im driving with my city on during the time there needed
my high beams are on which turns on the city lights and when i need to turn on my hid's the city lights turn off :thumb:
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By asianrob
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:28 am #227092
94_jdm_ferio wrote:i forgot about this
i figured it out

since i have hid's and they are on my low beams
so what i did was hook the power wire for the city lights to my high beams

so when im driving with my city on during the time there needed
my high beams are on which turns on the city lights and when i need to turn on my hid's the city lights turn off :thumb:


:thumb: hell yea.
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By Ajax1989
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:30 am #227093 ya it took me a few hrs to figure it out lol
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By mooze
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:19 am #227102 this wouldnt work 4 me as i have bi-xenon's....next solution???
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By RPGonzos_EJ
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:43 pm #227147 Need a NC reed switch

http://shop.vetcosurplus.com/catalog/pr ... ts_id=9557

and a electromagnet

http://www.ecrater.com/p/9519860/12vdc- ... agnet-lift

basically the NC reed switch is always closed, or always supplying power to the city lights. The electromagnet would have a ground that is always attached, than you just put a "leg" off the power wire to your headlights. It doesn't take much to turn these magnets on so i doubt it will have a performance drain on your lights. When the magnet turns "ON" it breaks the connection of the reed switch therefore turning your city lights "OFF". Of course it would be a good idea to try and seal all this in a plastic box of some sort to make it look clean and discrete ...

I'm sure there is probably already a switch out there that is already built and composed but i felt like being creative.

Image

NC = NORMALLY CLOSED
NO = NORMALLY OPEN

boxes for enclosures
http://www.polycase.com/category/id-series.html

Could use a hot glue gun or even just some epoxy to "glue" the components into the box.
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By Ajax1989
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:09 pm #227151
mooze wrote:this wouldnt work 4 me as i have bi-xenon's....next solution???


i forgot bout those

but look above this post
that will work :thumb:
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