Fog light Trouble

[jslagg]

Hello:

I have a set of Hella aftermarket fog/driving lights mounted on the brush bar and they seem to come on for a short time then cut off. They are hooked up so that when the high beams come on & they are activated they will come on as well. Could the relay be bad as I have checked the switch and it appears to be fine or could it be the bulbs or something else?

Thanks
Jay

[Geobloke]

Originally Posted by jslagg

Hello:

I have a set of Hella aftermarket fog/driving lights mounted on the brush bar and they seem to come on for a short time then cut off. They are hooked up so that when the high beams come on & they are activated they will come on as well. Could the relay be bad as I have checked the switch and it appears to be fine or could it be the bulbs or something else?

Thanks
Jay

It could be;

1) bad earth
2) bad relay
3) bad live connection to highbeam!

By chance did you use a scotch block to connect the 2 wires? Scotch block = one of those blue wire splicer clamp thingies!

Sounds like your either getting an intermittant live or and intermittant earth. Unlikely to be the relay IMO.

[OkieRover]

My Hella did the same thing. They use a naked ground wire inside the assembly. It had shorted to the back of the lamp. Probably from a hard bump I hit.

I just wrapped it with electrical tape. Problem disappeared.