High Beam Disconnect for DD Fog light kit

[dbp]

Love my new Diode Dynamic fog lights! Look factory, lots of light where it should be. I haven't found the correct place to connect the high beam disconnect lead from the DD kit. In Pennsylvania, fog lights must turn off when high beams are on. All I is need is 12V power when the high beam circuit is on. Anyone here figured it out? Thanks for your help.

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[Dochatley]

Any pics of the new lights?

 

[dbp]

Any pics of the new lights?

 

[Dmat]

So from my own knowledge and checking over the forum this is what i've found. I know since I accidentally hooked into pin 1 and it didnt trigger anything that its likely not the high beams. pin 3 is the low beams from the diode dynamics fog lights. pin 8 is what srtkr used for his drl hookups. pin 15 is black so ground. That leaves pin 13 as the likely source of being the high beams.

The only downside to this is I'm not seeing anything in the wiring diagrams that says there is a dedicated wire for the high beams so you could tap this and nothing happens too.

Another thought is you could test with a multimeter. test the voltage with high beams off at each pin then with it on. Should get an answer real fast if any wire gives a signal.

the next option would be to do the f150 switch mod which I can say can disable the fogs with high beams as that is the standard programming.

 

[Darnon]

The only downside to this is I'm not seeing anything in the wiring diagrams that says there is a dedicated wire for the high beams so you could tap this and nothing happens too.

It's on a separate diagram from the other assembly lighting. Should be Pin 8. Unless the headlight's internal module is activating them via LIN request. Edit: Actually, that appears to be the case:

When the BCM reads a request for the high beams, it sends a message through the headlamp LIN circuit to the LED control module inside each headlamp assembly. The LED control module then provides the proper voltage to the high beam Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in each headlamp assembly.

 

[dbp]

So from my own knowledge and checking over the forum this is what i've found. I know since I accidentally hooked into pin 1 and it didnt trigger anything that its likely not the high beams. pin 3 is the low beams from the diode dynamics fog lights. pin 8 is what srtkr used for his drl hookups. pin 15 is black so ground. That leaves pin 13 as the likely source of being the high beams.

The only downside to this is I'm not seeing anything in the wiring diagrams that says there is a dedicated wire for the high beams so you could tap this and nothing happens too.

Another thought is you could test with a multimeter. test the voltage with high beams off at each pin then with it on. Should get an answer real fast if any wire gives a signal.

the next option would be to do the f150 switch mod which I can say can disable the fogs with high beams as that is the standard programming.

Thank you for your input! We think alike, I've tried everything you suggested, and had two mechanics try the same. Except for starting over with the F150 switch. Waiting for a wiring diagram from Ford at this point, and hopefully more information from DD today(sent another, more specific email question to them earlier today). When I find an answer I'll post it. Thanks again, it was good information.

 

[Dmat]

Thank you for your input! We think alike, I've tried everything you suggested, and had two mechanics try the same. Except for starting over with the F150 switch. Waiting for a wiring diagram from Ford at this point, and hopefully more information from DD today(sent another, more specific email question to them earlier today). When I find an answer I'll post it. Thanks again, it was good information.

I literally just did the F150 switch, It honestly feels a lot harder than it really is when you're not the most mechanically inclined. I think a lot of things that would seem self explanatory to others could be documented and would help a lot because there was definitely some trial and error for me doing it.

Here are the headlight diagrams. I dont know why I missed the high beam one earlier.

 

[dbp]

Thank you! I can't try to make sense of this til after this weekend, but it looks like an answer to me!!

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