Halo headlights staying on

[Dodge96Ram]

Use the 3M super 33 tape, it holds up just fine. Cheap tape wont last long and should always be avoided.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

Well I'm going out to the parts store soon. But before I do this, how am I supposed to connect the wires to the relay?

 

[Dodge96Ram]

Spade terminals or solder them directly to the posts on the relay.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

You said pin 85 goes to the ground. I'm assuming you mean the parking light ground. Do I do anything with the ground for the halos??

 

[Dodge96Ram]

pin 86 and 87 go to the parking light 12v
Pin 85 is chassis ground, any gound will do
Halo ground also needs to go to chassis ground. Any ground will do
Pin 30 goes out to the 12v wire on the halo

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

When I connect the ground for the halo they still light up like before, even with the relay wired like that

 

[Dodge96Ram]

Where are you connecting the ground to?

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

I have pin 85 of the relay running to the ground from the parking lights. And the ground for the halo I originally had connected to that ground too. Then I disconnected it and just touched it to a bolt and it came on.

 

[Dodge96Ram]

Something doesn't sound right. It's impossible for current to flow through a relay thats not energised. Ground the relay to the chassis, not the ground wire in the parking light harness.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

Did the same thing. We just hooked a test light to my battery and touched a ground and it lit up.. something is really wrong or I'm tripping

 

[Dodge96Ram]

You did what with a test light? A test light will bleed more than enough to light up an LED. Really you should never use a test light on anything with a computer. You can fry a computer, deploy an airbag, test lights are not a good idea unless you have a high end $100+ test light.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

I've found out pin 86 is getting power even with the lights on. Now I need to figure out where power is bleeding to

 

[Dodge96Ram]

You mean 86/87 are getting power with the lights off? I think you may have a bad headlight switch if that's the case. Real easy way to diagnose it, unplug the switch and test the wire again. If it doesn't have power with the switch unplugged, the switch is bad. If it still has power even with the switch unplugged, you need to start digging deeper.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

Yeah. The power didn't show up on the test light (I hadn't read what you said yet) but when I started unplugging, when I unplugged 86 the halos went out. 87 didn't make it go out but I assumed it was the way the relay is. So if I find why that wire has power and stop it from bleeding, the relay should turn off and the halos with it, correct?

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

I've given up for a night. Having a buddy look at it tomorrow.

 

[Dodge96Ram]

Correct. First thing I would do is with the relay wired up, unplug the headlight switch. If the lights go out, buy a new switch. Start with that, that's the easiest test to do.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

Already tried it. I think the power that's keeping the relay on is the same source as the one going through the headlight wires. Regardless I'm going to find this damn thing. For a pair of headlights this has become way too complicated

 

[Stangshcky12]

Enough current for a LED is enough current to opens relay
I'm still suggesting a resistor as another headlight switch is probably king to leak a small amount of current

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

I tried adding another resistor. Same problem.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

I've disconnected every fuse and relay individualy and none of them turned the halos off. So I believe my current leak is somewhere between the headlights and the fuse box. If I eliminate the leak I think I'll get rid of the need for the relay completely. It's just a matter of finding the leak..