Eastern Beaver H4 relay install

[xhdskip]

Yea, the EB guy told me in an e-mail he don't have time for "special requests".
i can understand that.
I was willing to pay extra, but no time is no time.
I understand so no big deal.
in answer to the question James,
yep, I've got three headlights mounted, and they all have hi-low beams.
They plug directly into the old plugs,
but I wanted to modify this by adding some relays.
Just don't know how many or what kind/size relays to use..

 

[tdragger]

Yea, the EB guy told me in an e-mail he don't have time for "special requests".
i can understand that.
I was willing to pay extra, but no time is no time.
I understand so no big deal.
in answer to the question James,
yep, I've got three headlights mounted, and they all have hi-low beams.
They plug directly into the old plugs,
but I wanted to modify this by adding some relays.
Just don't know how many or what kind/size relays to use..

You will need 2 standard or mini 4-pin relays, 1 for each circuit. If you study the picture of the EB kit you will see one has yellow wires and the other has white wires. One is for the high beam circuit and the other is for the low beam circuit. On the load side you will connect all 3 leads to the headlights.

 

[xhdskip]

I'm thinkin' just jump from one headlight to the third one.
one relay in front of the split you think?
So a total of three relays?
Two inline in the original factory wiring and one in the jumper line?
I'm guessing here of course..
Or maybe a third independent wiring feed through the PC8 fuse block.

 

[tdragger]

I'm thinkin' just jump from one headlight to the third one.
one relay in front of the split you think?
So a total of three relays?
Two inline in the original factory wiring and one in the jumper line?
I'm guessing here of course..
Or maybe a third independent wiring feed through the PC8 fuse block.

Ok, so you already have the H4 kit installed and you are looking for an extension to the 3rd light. Now I understand.

Being the cheap bastard that I am, I would simply tap into the lead to one of the existing lights. No extra relay needed. The only caveat would be the wire sizing and the additional load.

 

[atomsplitter]

I'm thinkin' just jump from one headlight to the third one.
one relay in front of the split you think?
So a total of three relays?
Two inline in the original factory wiring and one in the jumper line?
I'm guessing here of course..
Or maybe a third independent wiring feed through the PC8 fuse block.

Doubling the load may cause a fuse to blow. If you're wiring a third light I'd buy a EB single kit and use wire nuts for the hi/lo beam connections since you're only load is the relays with those.

 

[xhdskip]

ok so does it need 1 relay, or two, or three.,

and aside from the EB kit, any idea of what relay i'd need?

 

[atomsplitter]

ok so does it need 1 relay, or two, or three.,

and aside from the EB kit, any idea of what relay i'd need?

If you're wiring a third light (hi/lo) and you have a dual H4 kit already installed, you'll need two relays (one for high, one for lo). You can get the relays at Autozone, O'Reilley's, Pep Boys, yadayadayada.

 

[tdragger]

If you're wiring a third light (hi/lo) and you have a dual H4 kit already installed, you'll need two relays (one for high, one for lo).

yep. 2 relays. Standard 4 pin. Here's one from Autozone:

Santech/4 pin universal SPST relay (MT0224) | Relay and Resistors | AutoZone.com

 

[xhdskip]

Appreciate it guys,
I'll give er a whirl.
Might have all 3 eyes shining by the time of the fall launch....
Thanks,
skip

 

[brewmaster]

so I got my EB relay in and installed. However I left the hot wire connected to the marker lamp and jumped the ground to the EB ground now I have markers constant and none during Park and tail light is also dead in Park. However head lights are great. Is this a grounding switch? Any ideas?