eznfrank
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 10:33 AM |
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What does PASS and DRIVE mean on the back of my headlight connectors?
As above, I would have thought that PASS was main beam as in flash and DRIVE would be dipped but PASS is at the top and DRIVE is on the right hand
side as you look from the back, which doesn't seem to make sense according to this diagram on a previous post??
[Edited on 5/6/10 by eznfrank]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 10:40 AM |
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Dip equals pass
Drive equals high beam.
Pass as in don't blind the traffic coming towards you Must of been a bunch of Chinese fraudsters who thought that one up lol
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eznfrank
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 10:42 AM |
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How very backwards.
Cheers mate
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davestarck
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 11:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
How very backwards.
Cheers mate
I would have said that drive = low beam as in normal driving and pass = high beam as in flash to pass. Just my thoughts though don't know for
certain
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eznfrank
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 11:26 AM |
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Yeah that's what I thought but apparently not?
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 11:27 AM |
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OR they could mean,....
PASSenger side,
DRIVErs side.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 01:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by davestarck
quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
How very backwards.
Cheers mate
I would have said that drive = low beam as in normal driving and pass = high beam as in flash to pass. Just my thoughts though don't know for
certain
I would say that high beam is "normal" driving. If you are driving along an unlit road at night, you'd normally use high beam, only
dropping to dipped beam when you'd risk dazzling someone - ie. when you are about to pass someone (in either direction).
We only think of dipped beam as normal because in this crowded country with lots of street-lit areas, we are used to not being able to use high beam
for much of the time. Think back to when there were fewer cars on the road and fewer street lights and people would quite likely have used high beam
more than dipped!
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spiderman01980
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 01:31 PM |
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grab a battery and test them!!
have you got a pic of the head lights?
some motorbikes have a passing switch wich is labled pass wich is used to fash the headlights, but then that is wired with the HI and LO switch not to
the head lights but the HI and LO is connected to the headlight, hope this makes any sense and that it helps you!
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spiderman01980
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 01:41 PM |
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here`s a pic
 
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spiderman01980
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 01:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveWalker
quote:
Originally posted by davestarck
quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
How very backwards.
Cheers mate
I would have said that drive = low beam as in normal driving and pass = high beam as in flash to pass. Just my thoughts though don't know for
certain
I would say that high beam is "normal" driving. If you are driving along an unlit road at night, you'd normally use high beam, only
dropping to dipped beam when you'd risk dazzling someone - ie. when you are about to pass someone (in either direction).
We only think of dipped beam as normal because in this crowded country with lots of street-lit areas, we are used to not being able to use high beam
for much of the time. Think back to when there were fewer cars on the road and fewer street lights and people would quite likely have used high beam
more than dipped!
That makes a lot of sense never thought of it that way, so the PASS wire would be the dipped light and the DRIVE would be the full beam!
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