Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:49:16 -0500 From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <gilplant_slack_nopsamhlink.net> Subject: DRLs <was Re: Why no fogs with high beams?>
In article <19991212131702.22914.00000398nopsame1.aol.com>, Kevin H. Johnson <gagfoodsnopsamcomnospam> wrote: > I asked for assistance in wiring my 9000CSE headlight relay to allow fog lamps > operation with high beams. Does anyone know why they are independent? Is it a > legal allowable illumination issue? Fog lights are intended for *fog* and driving in fog with high beams reflects the headlamps back into your face reduceing visibility. What I would really like is to be able to use the foglamps without the headlamps altogether. I've pulled the fuse on the daytime running lights on my 9-3. They are not DRLs at all on the US version. I don't know about other countries, but in Canada where DRLs are required by federal law, the DRL circuit runs the headlamps (and only the headlamps) at reduced intensity. The circuit in my car runs the headlamps at full intensity and the tailights too, just as if the headlights were turned on in the daytime. I had a 95 900 SE turbo a which had tru DRLs, and while I like the 9-3 better and have had fewer problems, I wish SAAB would have included a true DRL circuit. And btw, the Canadian dealers cannot disable the shift-up light, I tried ;) -- Gil Plantinga <cut _slack_ to reply>
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