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Old Feb 11, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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08 headlite operation-school me please

I'd like to mount a remote on/off swx to the headlite (Hi/Lo) circuit into an
08 F-250,..this vehicle has Auto headlites and foglites in the factory swx.

Looking at the schematic in Mitchell On-Demand, I thought I should be able to simply tap into the high beam circuit at the swx...a closer look at the vehicle swx reveals some solid-state stuff inside... the schematic shows a simple analog swx... I realize I'd better stop where I was and put this thing back together before I fry or blow something expensive up..Then I ran into time constraints and didn't get a chance to do anymore research on the headlite system with the Michell system before the weekend was here. Now I'm left with a nagging question in the front of my head...we've all been there LoL!

Enter Alternate Plan "B"...F.T.E ,

So the question is., can anyone school me on the headlite circuit operation?? Looks like some low voltage (5 volt) acknowlegement going on at the instrument cluster.
Any circuit logic/theory would help. Thank's! in advance!
 
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Old Feb 11, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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I don't have access to those diagrams. If you want to scan the diagram and put it on a picture hosting site and leave a link to it, possibly we could help you.
 
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