Subaru-style powered headlights
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Hey guys, first post here.
I used to drive a Subaru Impreza and one nice thing was that the headlights would shut off when the engine was shut off, even if the switch was still on.
I was thinking I could make my Civic do this by adding a relay like the following diagram:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...eadlights.png/
It would basically depower the circuit when the cig. lighter isn't getting any power (car off or starting).
Anybody see a problem with this? Seems simple enough.
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I used to drive a Subaru Impreza and one nice thing was that the headlights would shut off when the engine was shut off, even if the switch was still on.
I was thinking I could make my Civic do this by adding a relay like the following diagram:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...eadlights.png/
It would basically depower the circuit when the cig. lighter isn't getting any power (car off or starting).
Anybody see a problem with this? Seems simple enough.
Kolea
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just build a basic HID relay and put pin +86 from the relay to the ACC wire. but make sure you put an inline fuse and a on/off switch just in case u want to disable ur headlights on the fly.
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you could also tap ur lowbeam +V into +86 so that if u turn off the connection from ur +ACC you can still control it with ur stock headlight toggle
no need for that complicated wiring diagram.
no need for that complicated wiring diagram.
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And the stock headlight toggle would still control the lights while the car is on (and the relay receiving power). But this way I could just leave them in the on position all the time and not have to worry about the battery running out while the car is off.
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