Re: Wireing H4's

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

At 12:02 AM 1/12/99 EST, VWN8@aol.com wrote:
>What wire is which on the back of an H4? I need to hook up my 5 relay wireing
>harness and I'm not so clear on the order. Is it clockwise ground, high, low?
>TIA
>
>Nate
>
>--

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>
>Ok!
>  
>I put the H4s in last night with no further problems.
>When you are facing the plug (wires going away from you),
>the left and right wires need to be switched.  The top wire
>stays the same.
>No more glowing high beams!
>No more super dim roads at night!
>  
>Now I just have to aim the lights properly, and then relay them
>later this week.
>  
>Thanks to everybody who pointed me in the right direction!
>  
>Alex Ting
>

>
><chanting>
>Re-lays -
>Re-lays - 
>Re-lays - 
>
>:-D
>
>              Shawn Meze
>

>
>1) Are you using relays? If not thats one thing you should do.
>2) You can't plug the H4 directly into the stock socket. Find the adapter.
>My Hellas came with one. If you got another brand, you may be SOL, and have
>to modify your connector yourself. You should be able to do this yourself,
>using the info on the connectors found either in the archives, or it may
>also be on someones tutorial on installing relays. 
>3) If you made your own relay harness, you wouldn't have to worry about #2
>4) See #1
>
>Brad
>

>
>You may want to check Jasons C's tech procedure on installing
>euro lights, the answers to your questions are in there.
>
>Etrik
>
>

>
>> I may be going the whole relay setup in lieu of the adapters,
>> but I just had this incredible urge to put in the H4s right
>> away because I can't see a damn thing at night..........
>
>    You can take the wires out of those white plugs and put them back in a
>different slot to make em work.  I still think they shouldnt be different,
>but not sure what type of H4 you are using.  I would think they be the
>same as mine, terminal wise, and the same as stock.  Time to take out the
>voltmeter  =)
>
> Andre'
> Neon Green 79
>
>

>
>ok,
>  
>thanks to Brad, Mark, Owen, Jason and others I have figured
>out the problem.  The H4 terminals are not the same as the 
>stock US sealed lights.  Apparently, the high beam terminal
>and the ground terminal are reversed which is what causes the
>high beam to glow dimly.
>  
>If it's not freezing out tonight, I will try to stick 'em in.
>  
>And, due to Shawn's incessant chanting, I will put relays in
>maybe this week.
>  
>Thanks!
>  
>Alex Ting
>

>This is a path wisely chosen. You will reap the rewards of grandeous
>enlightenment by this.
>
>Frank
>


There ya go!

TBerk

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