Dim headlamp on high beam

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Pensioner Pete

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• Sep 3, 2010

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Cant understand it, headlamp ok on dip but dim on high beam.
Changed bulb but still the same. The nearside one is fine but drivers side dim on high beam


Any ideas welcome






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• Sep 3, 2010

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bad earth

 

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• Sep 3, 2010

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bad earth

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It's the same earth on dip as it is on high beam

 

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Mike Whiskey

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• Sep 3, 2010

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I've had this a couple of times, normally bad contacts in the plug that fits onto the bulb.

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MrPDude

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• Sep 4, 2010

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Have a look at your H4 connector and leads. They can get quite corroded.

 

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• Sep 10, 2010

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Finally got around to sorting my dim headlamp problem out today and the reason was...........


I had soldered the earth wires to the main beam wire and vice versa on the offside plug :doh::doh:




My excuse is......................................


The offside main beam is fed via a (dirty) blue wire with a black trace an me with me dirty glasses on got em mixed up....OK









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