[Ducati] ST3 Headlights

[Izaak]

With both beams on, you are burning 110 w instead 
of 55 w.  I don't recommend it.  Using the 
passing circuit is momentary and won't burn anything, but having both on will.

Maybe you can look into some external fog lamps 
on a separate circuit?  Either way, you will be 
squeezing a lot from the alternator/battery .

Maybe try one of the brighter lamps 
out?  Xenon?  I forgot the name.  They are 
expensive, like $50-70 for a bulb, but much whiter.

At 06:16 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote:
>I own a 2004 ST3. Is there any way to get both 
>the low and high beam on the headlight to stay 
>on together for high beam?  I'm looking for more 
>light at night and when you switch the two 
>position headlight switch to high beams, the low 
>beam lamp goes out and only the high beam lamp 
>comes on, however when you have the switch on 
>low beam and press the passing light switch, 
>both high and low beams stay on together. I 
>tried positioning the headlight switch in 
>between the low and high positions, it worked 
>for a short while, unless the switch popped back 
>to one of the detents for low or high. Now my 
>high beam won't come on when I move the switch 
>to high. I'm assuming that I burnt out the 
>headlight switch?  As the high beam will come on 
>when I press the passing light switch. Any 
>ideas? Anyone know if Ducati makes a switch for 
>low beam and both lamps on for high beam? Or is 
>there some safe way to wire the headlamps to 
>both stay on when the switch is set to high? I don't want to burn
>  anything out or overload the electrics.
>
>   Ernie
>   St. Louis, MO
>
>
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