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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 11:45 PM
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Help with headlight wire in cab.

OK, i'm having a had time with my VOM getting a voltage reading behind my headlight switch in the dash (no room to work with). I'm looking for the wire to tap into which is my headlamp out wire so when I turn on my headlights it's hot.
I currently have my new gauges hooked into my dimmer which is the light blue w/red tracer and they don't like it and not supposed to be that way now that I read the directions. They basically want the headlight out hooked up so when I turn on my headlights, they dim 30%.

Does anyone know which color wire is my headlight out wire?

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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 12:07 AM
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The brown wires, are what you want, they are all over, including the headlight switch. It is for the parking lamps, but that's what you want.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 12:13 AM
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The brown wires, are what you want, they are all over, including the headlight switch. It is for the parking lamps, but that's what you want.
Brown huh. OK, i'll tap into that tomorrow. Thanks Al.
 
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OK, so after sleeping on it I thought to myself I like driving around during the day with my parking lights on. If the brown wire behind the headlight switch is parking lights, does anyone know which one specifically is headlights?
 
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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I would have to go look, I too like parkers on, and the GS's will not dim enough to notice in my opinion.
 
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Sorry to not get back sooner, but at the headlamp switch, Red/Yellow will be the headlights.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2012 | 10:09 PM
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Sorry to not get back sooner, but at the headlamp switch, Red/Yellow will be the headlights.
Awesome thanks Alan. Reps sent. I have been working too much to deal with it. I have the info i need now to try it out when time permits.
 
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