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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / June 2005Chime and fog lights???
I just installed a set of Mopar foglights in my 04 Ram. This unit came with the aftermarket switch. Rather than hooking it up into my headlight wiring harness I wired it directly to my battery and added an appropriate circuit. Does anyone know how to connect this into my chime so that if I should leave the foglights on by mistake I will be warned with the chime? Thanks in advance >I just installed a set of Mopar foglights in my 04 Ram. This unit came with > the aftermarket switch. Rather than hooking it up into my headlight wiring [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the foglights on by mistake I will be warned with the chime? > Thanks in advance You could hook them up to the headlamp wiring as per the instruction sheet. Denny In most states it is illegal not to have your fog of driving lamps hooked in with your head lamp system. When you turn on your high beams your driving and fog lamps should turn off. I would suggest you check your state laws and that is why OEM fogs and driving lamps turn off when the high beams are on.  SignatureCoasty Semper Paratus (Always Ready) >I just installed a set of Mopar foglights in my 04 Ram. This unit came with > the aftermarket switch. Rather than hooking it up into my headlight wiring [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the foglights on by mistake I will be warned with the chime? > Thanks in advance > In most states it is illegal not to have your fog of driving lamps hooked > in with your head lamp system. When you turn on your high beams your > driving and fog lamps should turn off. I would suggest you check your > state laws and that is why OEM fogs and driving lamps turn off when the > high beams are on. State law?? in what state?? I have heard some funny reasons for having the fogs or low beams turn off when you click on the high-beams... this one takes the cake though. > State law?? in what state?? Several... California being one. I didn't find the actual statute online, but they have regualtions such that "driving lights must only operate with high means - fog lights must only operate with low beams". Canada also has a similar law: http://www.canlii.org/ab/laws/regu/2002r.322/20050211/whole.html "Fog lamps on a motor vehicle must be used only at the same time the low beams on the headlamps are used." I wouldn't be surprised to find many other states with similar regulations. >> State law?? in what state?? > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I wouldn't be surprised to find many other states with similar > regulations. Oregon law even states that any auxiliary driving and/or fog lights should be turned OFF whenever you are required to dim your headlights. http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TS/docs/VehEq/use_of_fog_lights.pdf They mention a federal standard in this document too, but they don't give any pointers to it. >>In most states it is illegal not to have your fog of driving lamps hooked >>in with your head lamp system. When you turn on your high beams your [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > fogs or low beams turn off when you click on the high-beams... this one > takes the cake though. Pennsylvania is another. Driving on with high beam only and fog on with low beam only. Must be this way to pass state inspection. Greg http://www.aamva.org/Documents/vehEquipmentLightingFedMotorVehiclePresentation.PDF Says the feds DON'T regulate them BUT to check the state laws because they DO. Oh and just to toss more junk lights on the fire, The NHTSA has been making manufacturers of those stupid clear lenses tail lights recall them since they are ILLEGAL in the US. http://fmvss108.tripod.com/recalls.htm For more info. > > In most states it is illegal not to have your fog of driving lamps hooked > > in with your head lamp system. When you turn on your high beams your [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > fogs or low beams turn off when you click on the high-beams... this one > takes the cake though. >> In most states it is illegal not to have your fog of driving lamps hooked >> in with your head lamp system. When you turn on your high beams your [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >fogs or low beams turn off when you click on the high-beams... this one >takes the cake though. my brother and I got pulled over in Redding one night and warned that driving/road lights are only to be used on "country" roads and not to be used when there's incoming traffic... it was actually kind of funny... an oncoming car flashed his brights... my brother wasn't on brights, so he flashed back, to show that he was on low beams... that was answered by a red spot light and followed by red & blue.. lol mac Please remove splinters before emailing >>> In most states it is illegal not to have your fog of driving lamps >>> hooked [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > beams... > that was answered by a red spot light and followed by red & blue.. lol I dont know if they are the OEM headlights these days, or if they are the after market upgraded lights, but they are REALLY bright! I have been driving my truck, 99 Dak 4x4, so its not very low, and I have been pretty well blinded. I flash my (dim) brights and then they flash theirs, so I know its just thier low beams that are lighting up the skys and blinding oncoming traffic. I also love the idiots that just lift the front or their trucks, or just lower the back end, and dont adjust their lights. > I also love the idiots that just lift the front or their trucks, or just > lower the back end, and dont adjust their lights. Ditto for the yoyo's pulling trailers. Jerry How is your cake since you took it. SignatureCoasty Semper Paratus (Always Ready) >>>> In most states it is illegal not to have your fog of driving lamps >>>> hooked [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > I also love the idiots that just lift the front or their trucks, or just > lower the back end, and dont adjust their lights. > I dont know if they are the OEM headlights these days, or if they are > the after market upgraded lights, but they are REALLY bright! A guy I worked with showed me how he modified high beam headlamp bases to fit in the low beam light sockets on his 300-XZ. It's very easy to do. He doesn't care about blinding oncoming traffic. I constantly reminded him that he is a jackass. >> I dont know if they are the OEM headlights these days, or if they are >> the after market upgraded lights, but they are REALLY bright! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > doesn't care about blinding oncoming traffic. I constantly reminded him > that he is a jackass. Yet another reason I carry a 12 gauge, I call it my dimmer switch with an attitude!! SignatureMoParMaN---Remove Clothes To Reply! --SCUD Coordinates 32.61204 North: 96.92993 West-- |
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