I was woundering how the daytime running light/lowbeam was wired on a 2000 gs500e.  Is it wired with a relay to turn off when the high beam is turned on. Could someone shead some light on this for me please.

I think the headlight switch does it.  There are three wires going to the bulb, high, low, and ground.  in low beam mode the low is +, ground is -, and high is not connected.  In high beam mode the high is + ground is still - and low is not connected.  I believe there are 3 wires on the high/low switch, + high and low.  The high will go to the high on the bulb and same with low.  + goes to power somewhere protected by a fuse.  When you switch to low, the + is connected to the low wire, thereby making the low beam wire on the light +, while the high beam wire is not powered.  When you flick the switch, it should connect the + to the high and disconnect the low beem.  Ground is always connected to the ground terminal of the low beam.  I do not believe that there are any relays in the circuit.


the bulb is like this on the inside with two different filaments:

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l       l           l
high  G         low

Hope this helps (and is correct)

I've taken the whole wiring harness apart.  If there is a relay for the headlights, it is in the switch, but I've opened that up and I don't remember seeing one there.  The only real relay makes the kick stand/neutral switch kill the engine.  (That's not including the starter solenoid.)

-SPiNNeR-

Quote from: TheRealSpinner on July 07, 2010, 04:56:00 PM
The only real relay makes the kick stand/neutral switch kill the engine.  (That's not including the starter solenoid.)

SlimKlim needs your help finding it, then. 

Ok I understand the wiring setup for the headlight.  My thing is a bought a aftermarket dual beam headlight and I want both beams to be on with the highbeam.  Does anyone think it would be a problem to wire the lowbeam with a realy to stay on whenever the ignition is on and bypass the switch for low beam and only use it to turn on/off the high beam.


         Steven

Is there two seperate bulbs?  does each bulb have a high and a low filament?  I had a zuma with two bulbs and each had two filaments.  One was for high and one was for low.  I put a jumper across the two high terminals so they both came on high with the high, but only one came on low.  I'm not sure if this is the same setup or not. 

As far as the relay, I believe that it was near/attached to the "battery box".  It's been a while since I took it apart (putting it back together was more recent).

QuoteMy thing is a bought a aftermarket dual beam headlight and I want both beams to be on with the highbeam.  Does anyone think it would be a problem to wire the lowbeam with a relay to stay on whenever the ignition is on and bypass the switch for low beam and only use it to turn on/off the high beam.

If I understand correctly, you have two separate headlights?  With separate housing?  This would work fine.  I would run a separate wire from the relay to the low beam, just so that you aren't running all that current through the ONLY power wire in the harness.

If there is only one housing, I would not recommend having both high and low beams on at the same time (for an extended period of time).  I had a high output bulb in mine and it melted the plug (at the light).  Lights put out a lot of heat.  Small enclosure + lots of heat = melted plastics.

-SPiNNeR-