Wiring Brights threw a toggle switch???

Is there a way to use a toggle switch instead of a bright light floor switch to turn on & off my brights.

Thanks Jeff

 

Sure you can.
But if I were you I would hook up the dims and brights both on the same three position pull out headlight switch.
First pull would be the dims, second would be the brights.

 

Use a double pole , double throw 20 amp switch. I used one on my 33 Plym and it worked great!

 

Is that the same as a on/off/on switch with 3 connections on the back?

 

I use a 3 position pull switch....one out low beam..two out high beam

 

This is what I do, too. No need for parking lights.

 

Thanks yall! will do

 

Light switches/high low floor switches are like $2.00 at the salvage, why not use one of them?

 

they can be REALLY hard to get to in a hot rod. got one in my model A and I look like I'm trying to stamp out a bag of dog **** every time I use it.

 

Its more of an on/on with no off in the middle.That way in case you bump it you dont go into darkness.

 

Yeah, it's tough to fit a floor dimmer sometimes in the narrow floor of a hotrod, and it's usually up where it's hard to get your foot on it. SoCal sells those pull pull pull headlight switches so you use the one switch for your parking, low, and high, just by pulling in and out. Then you don't have to run wires down to your floor for the dimmer.

If you want a toggle switch, you just wire the output of your headlight switch to the center "common" terminal of a SPST "On-On" 20 Amp toggle switch, then run one of the other two terminals to the highs and the other terminal to the lows.

 

Then there's the 4 position ones......

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I sure hope you plan to use the toggle switch to power a relay, instead of having all your headlight current p***ing through it.

 

I have a GM column in my car. I bought an aftermarket tilt lever with a "momentary on" switch on it. I then wired my h'lights through a VW headlight relay. Touch the ****on on the tilt lever, shazzam, as if by magic, the headlights go from high to low!!!

 

PM me and tell me what you are using for a Toggle Switch. Do not use the cheap Chinese **** that is out there. I work for Honeywell and we make some military grade toggles. Let me know what you are looking for....I'm sure I can find something that will far exceed what is out there that followed me home from work (I have boxes of these high end switches)

Ike

 

I put my dimmer under the dash so I can hit it with my hand.

 

On my former '27 tub, I used a push****on velcroed to one of the steering wheel spokes to energize a relay under the dash. I could unplug the push****on and stash it during daylight driving. vic

 

If you use a toggle use a relay with it so you don't burn out the switch.

 

Most relays have two power paths through them, normally open, and normally closed. If you set up the low beam to the normally closed circuit, and the high beam to the normally open circuit, you can go from low to high by simply powering the relay. Operate the whole deal with a power switch (lights on/off), a control switch (lights hi/low), a relay, and some wire. Added advantage of default to the low beam, as well.

 

I got a 2 pull light switch this weekend.
If I wire my lowbeams to the parking lights terminal and my
highbeams to the headlight terminal is that ok. It has a fuse on the switch itself do I need a realy.

 

No relay is needed. I hate relays. I have had more of those go bad than switches. I understand during high amp loads they are needed but the headlights won't pull that much. I never use them and have never had a problem with any hookups over decades of use.