powersurge said:
It sounded like they want to tap power for a light bar (mucho watts) from the existing headlight circuit.. Which is crazy.
As I said in my previous reply, no (significant) current will be drawn from any of the existing circuits. I only want to use the voltage on the high-beam circuit as a trigger for the relay which will supply the power to the LED bar.
powersurge said:
Also, It makes no sense to "want" all the lights to go on at the same time.... Lights on a car are a safety and issue regulated by law.
The stock halogen bulb high-beams on the leaf are very weak compared to other cars, and it irks me that the light colour is so noticeably different to the colour of the LED low-beam lights. So, this is why I want to use the LED bars to supplement the high-beams.
powersurge said:
You cannot expect to turn on your lights AND LIGHT BAR all the time.... You will blind others and make them crash, and you will get big tickets.
High beams are never used when there is anyone ahead so there's no risk of blinding anyone with the LED bars coming on at the same time.
It might help if you understand better how I intend to use these extra lights. When I drive on country lanes rather than main roads/highways they are not usually lit with street-lamps. The low-beam headlights don't illuminate far enough ahead if there's no-one in front, so that's where the high-beams are used. As soon as there's anyone ahead of me, they are switched off again to avoid blinding the other driver.
powersurge said:
What does it take to flip one switch on the dash when you want the extra lights.... Let's be logical....
Since I'll be on a public road using these, and I'm very keen not for them to cause an issue for other road users, the built-in control for the high beam is the best way to be sure I can get the lights on and off exactly when I need them to be since I can operate it still with my hands on the wheel. A separate switch that's not close at hand while driving along the kinds of roads where I want to use these, won't be much good to me at all.
I wonder if you're thinking more of the off-road driving (we call it green-laning in the UK) uses for an LED bar where they are switched on and off only while the vehicle is stopped and left running for long periods in areas where there aren't any other drivers in front to be worried about blinding them. That's not the use I had planned, but more sporadic for the brief periods where I'm the only one on a dark road, and I'd like to be able to see further ahead.