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wiring oddity, no LBC

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: wiring oddity, no LBC
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:45:00 -0500
This past weekend I added a set of driving lamps to my Subaru. 
Between the short days and my aging eyes I find it difficult to drive 
in the longer nights, so more light = safer country driving. In the 
course of wiring up the relay for the driving lights I discovered 
something curious with the Subaru wiring. I picked up the hot lead 
for the high beam to trigger the relay and when I switched on the low 
beams, the driving lights also came on, so I took a closer look. 
Turns out the hot lead for both the low and high beams is common and 
the ground lead is switched by the relays for the respective lights. 
This is not the way I was taught to do wiring and had me scratching 
my head. From now on, when someone takes a shot at Lucas I'll point 
to the Subaru and its "backward" wiring
-- 
Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
'71 TR6  CC61193L (27 year owner)




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