Dakota headlights question

James Evans wrote:
 >
 > Hi,
 > I have an 05 Dakota. So far I like it a lot. One thing though. I would
 > like for the Fog Lights to stay on when I switch on the High Beams.
 > Currently they automatically switch off when I go to brights. I drive a
 > long way home on dark country roads and I can use they brighter lights along
 > with the fogs to look for deer and moose on the road. If anyone know how to
 > program the Fogs to stay on, I would appreciate it. Also, could it be an
 > electrical loading issue, pulling to much current if both the fogs and
 > brights are on?
 > Thanks,
 > James

It would overload the lighting circuit if you did.

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"Moses Horwitz" <"Moses Horwitz"@pgh.net> wrote in message
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 > James Evans wrote:
  > >
  > > Hi,
  > > I have an 05 Dakota. So far I like it a lot. One thing though. I
would
  > > like for the Fog Lights to stay on when I switch on the High Beams.
  > > Currently they automatically switch off when I go to brights. I drive a
  > > long way home on dark country roads and I can use they brighter lights
along
  > > with the fogs to look for deer and moose on the road. If anyone know
how to
  > > program the Fogs to stay on, I would appreciate it. Also, could it be
an
  > > electrical loading issue, pulling to much current if both the fogs and
  > > brights are on?
  > > Thanks,
  > > James
 >
 > It would overload the lighting circuit if you did.


It would do no such thing.

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 > It would overload the lighting circuit if you did.

Given that they're on completely separate circuits out of the IPM, I don't
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Tom Lawrence wrote:
 >
  > > It would overload the lighting circuit if you did.
 >
 > Given that they're on completely separate circuits out of the IPM, I don't
 > think that would happen.

It would so! I got the wiring diagram.

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 > It would so! I got the wiring diagram.

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Tom Lawrence wrote:
  >>It would so! I got the wiring diagram.
 >
 >
 > Uh huh... turn it right-side up - it'll make more sense
 >
 >
I've tried reading those wiring diagrams at every conceivable angle, and
they still confuse the heck out of me. It seems the circuit I'm looking
for always starts on one page, crosses over/under/through 20 other
circuits, and ends on another page.
Guess I should have stayed in that electronics course.

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mac davis wrote:
 > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:25:14 -0700, "James Evans"
 > <JamesEvansREMOVE.RemoveThis@relia.net> wrote:
 >
  >> Hi,
  >> I have an 05 Dakota. So far I like it a lot. One thing though. I
  >> would like for the Fog Lights to stay on when I switch on the High
  >> Beams. Currently they automatically switch off when I go to brights.
  >> I drive a long way home on dark country roads and I can use they
  >> brighter lights along with the fogs to look for deer and moose on
  >> the road. If anyone know how to program the Fogs to stay on, I
  >> would appreciate it. Also, could it be an electrical loading issue,
  >> pulling to much current if both the fogs and brights are on?
  >> Thanks,
  >> James
  >>
 > A: Why would you need fog and high beams? do you own a white cane
 > with red tip?
 >
 > B: there are kits available, but they probably void any warranty
 > problems with the electrical system...
 >
 > C: Separate the fog lights from the system and put in a separate relay
 > and switch... then, when I drive by the other direction, you can
 > forget to dim your brights AND turn your fog lights off..
 >
 >
 > mac

Mac, I understand where you are going with this, but I still don't
understand why the fogs are not allowed to be on with the high beams. When
facing on-coming traffic I know that if I see a car with fog lights on the
hi-beams are off. Fogs don't blind me when the low-beams are on at all. Why
would the fogs contribute to blinding me when the hi-beams are on? I don't
advocate driving with the fog lights on when they aren't necessary, but I
would use them myself under certain conditions that have nothing to do with
fog (or moose). I have personally designed a relay system to selectively
enable all of the lights to be on at the same time with only one additional
switch, but haven't had the time (or to be completely honest the desire) to
actually install this system and field test it on my truck. I've driven at
night in Alaska, and this would be a very effective "moose lights" solution
to an age old problem using the current lighting equipment, save some wiring
and a few relays. If anyone else wants to try it out for me, let me know and
I will send you a schematic. You are on your own if for any reason it causes
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James Evans wrote:
 > Hi,
 > I have an 05 Dakota. So far I like it a lot. One thing though. I would
 > like for the Fog Lights to stay on when I switch on the High Beams.
 > Currently they automatically switch off when I go to brights. I drive a
 > long way home on dark country roads and I can use they brighter lights along
 > with the fogs to look for deer and moose on the road. If anyone know how to
 > program the Fogs to stay on, I would appreciate it. Also, could it be an
 > electrical loading issue, pulling to much current if both the fogs and
 > brights are on?
 > Thanks,
 > James

This stops at the 2001 models but might get you started......
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://dodgeram.org/tech/mods/electric/headlight.htm" target="_blank">http://dodgeram.org/tech/mods/electric/headlight.htm</a>

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