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Headlight Wiring

pickledill

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I'm wiring up some LED headlights and I must be confused about negative switched lighting. I was under the impression that the orange wire is a constant 12V with Blue and Pink being switched to allow either high or low beam be activated. This does not seem to be the case at all, I did do some multimeter testing. I'm also not sure how the high beams work as it seems to just dim the bulbs but somehow changes their pattern

(These colors do not represent the schematic and voltages may vary)
Low beam
From black to blue 5.3v
From black to red - 3.8v
From red to blue 8.6v
High beam
From black to blue - 4.5
From black to red 3.4v
From red to blue - 8v


From my understanding on the low beam power goes from Red->Black->Blue
From my understanding on the high beam power goes from Blue->Black->Red

Black would be Orange in this case, this goes entirely against what the schematic shows, am I missing something here?





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pickledill

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Nebraska
Well after doing some extensive testing I must have a short of some sort between the fusebox and the male side of the X115 connector causing my high beam and low beam filament to be engaged at all times(high beam still works and there is a noticeable beam change when high beams is enabled)

But after reinstalling my fusebox I think my BCM somehow got messed up because now switching my headlights to ON from auto engages my windshield wipers
 

pickledill

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Nebraska
I honestly don't know how this even happened, I disconnected the X115 connector and wired pin 1 to the 12v on the headlight bulb and then either the low beam or high beam wire from the bulb to either the low or high beam pin and as soon as I connected it the windshield wipers started moving. It makes no sense at all since theres nothing on this connector that goes to the BCM

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