Daytime running lights
Mudding
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 120
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From: Traverse City, Michigan
Thanks Jafir.
The existence of the relay is probably a safe assumption, but I'll check before going further. Getting the BCU programmed, short of driving 200 miles to the nearest dealer, is another issue. Based on the price of gas around here, buying the proper equipment might be cheaper and more useful in the long run.
The existence of the relay is probably a safe assumption, but I'll check before going further. Getting the BCU programmed, short of driving 200 miles to the nearest dealer, is another issue. Based on the price of gas around here, buying the proper equipment might be cheaper and more useful in the long run.
Rock Crawling
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 261
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From: North of Boston
I have fog lights on my 03 disco, so I flip the parking lights on and press the rocker switch for my disco to turn on my for light. And should I forget to turn the parking light switch back to the off position after I turn off the ignition, there is a chime that engages informing me that I left something in the "on" position and more times than not, I left my parking lights on.
Mudding
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 114
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From: Minneapolis, MN
Where did you get the relay? How much? I just bought my Nanocom and enabled it to no effect.
Super Moderator
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Arkansas
I've only been able to find them at land rover dealers or specialty places. I had to buy one of the black with green stripe to enable fog lights on my 2003.
4th Gear
Joined: Nov 2016
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I just turned the DRL settings ON using the Nanocom on my 2001 D2.
I checked the both headlamps, and I did not find there any resistors... Under the dash, the relays are all in their places.
After turning the settings in Nanocom ON, and saving, the lights are turning on just few seconds after engine starts
can someone show how the resistor looks like? is it possible that DRL work without it? Or it may be installed somewhere else by the manufacturer?
I checked the both headlamps, and I did not find there any resistors... Under the dash, the relays are all in their places.
After turning the settings in Nanocom ON, and saving, the lights are turning on just few seconds after engine starts
can someone show how the resistor looks like? is it possible that DRL work without it? Or it may be installed somewhere else by the manufacturer?
Pro Wrench
Joined: Nov 2015
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From: Coastal Georgia
From the D2 Electrical Library:
Looks like the resistor is just to reduce power to lights to prolong lamp life.
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Daylight Running Lamps Supply
The feed from fuse 13 in the engine compartment fusebox is connected to the coil of the
daylight running relay and the IDM integral with the passenger compartment fusebox.
When the engine is started, the IDM senses, through internal circuitry, that the engine is
running and provides an earth for the daylight running relay coil. The energised coil closes
the contacts of the daylight running relay allowing the feed from fuse 5 in the passenger
compartment fusebox to pass through the relay contacts.
Daylight Running Lamps Operation
Canadian vehicles
The feed from the daylight running relay contacts flows from the passenger compartment
fusebox and is connected to a 0.75 Ohm in-line resistor on an RU wire. The feed from the
in-line resistor is reduced to 6.7 V and reconnected to the passenger compartment fusebox
on a UY wire. The feed is connected to fuses 3 and 22 in the passenger compartment
fusebox, where it operates both headlamp main beam bulbs at reduced power.
The feed from fuse 13 in the engine compartment fusebox is connected to the coil of the
daylight running relay and the IDM integral with the passenger compartment fusebox.
When the engine is started, the IDM senses, through internal circuitry, that the engine is
running and provides an earth for the daylight running relay coil. The energised coil closes
the contacts of the daylight running relay allowing the feed from fuse 5 in the passenger
compartment fusebox to pass through the relay contacts.
Daylight Running Lamps Operation
Canadian vehicles
The feed from the daylight running relay contacts flows from the passenger compartment
fusebox and is connected to a 0.75 Ohm in-line resistor on an RU wire. The feed from the
in-line resistor is reduced to 6.7 V and reconnected to the passenger compartment fusebox
on a UY wire. The feed is connected to fuses 3 and 22 in the passenger compartment
fusebox, where it operates both headlamp main beam bulbs at reduced power.
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Last edited by number9; Sep 22, 2017 at 07:56 PM.
I believe the lights that everyone is discussing would be called "city lights". They are used on other British vehicles. They are dim so as to drive around the city after dark. They are on the new mini's. They are kinda cool at dusk, too