foglights

rover100rich

rover100rich

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hi all, the trip to wales went well but i lost a dipped light , as it was foggy in ireland i thought i will try the fog lights , when i put on the fogs the headlights go off, is this normal on the p6 , needless to say i didnt use them and carried on with just the one headlight, thanks and goodluck , rich
 
Hi Rich,

Yes, that's as designed. The foglight switch position should give you front fogs, front sidelights and tail lights.
 
vaultsman said:
Yes, that's as designed. The foglight switch position should give you front fogs, front sidelights and tail lights.
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Pretty scary though if you don't know it's coming. You might also find that one is a foglight and one is a spotlight. I think this was done deliberately to counter the headlights going off so you could still see.

Dave
 
Traditional wiring method, if the fog was thick enough to use fogs, the glare back from dip would remove forward vision. The idea was to look over the the light, not through it. One fog aimed at the kerb/verge, the other at the cats eyes/white line. Old school fog light driving was very slow, but so it should be if you are using the lights properly, i.e. in thick, dense fog, not mist. Drive at speeds safe to the distance you can see to be clear etc.
 
Glad to hear your trip went OK and that you didn't get wet driving under the sea :D

Did you manage to get your dipped light sorted out? Not too long ago one of my sealed beams went & I was pleasantly surprised to find my local motor factor had a replacement for just £10. It wasn't a Lucas item but you have to look closely to see the difference.

I must admit that I keep thinking about doing a conversion to halogen - anytime I go out for a drive after dark I get a bit of a fright when I rediscover how dim the old sealed beams are compared to modern cars.
 
JVY said:
I must admit that I keep thinking about doing a conversion to halogen
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It does make a big difference to the lights having halogen. Just did mine at the end of last year. Took very little time to actually swap over the lights but most of the time was spent replacing the adjusters and cleaning and painting the mounting rims and bowls :roll:

John said:
Old school fog light driving was very slow
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The key question though is when and where to stop to remove the covers? Most people drive with the covers on to protect the lights and probably couldn't be bothered to stop to remove them to use the lights (me included).

Dave
 
As far as I know the car was designed that way and according with the then existing British law.

It was very surprising for me the first day I drove my P6 in Plymouth, just after buying it. That day was terrible (28/11/09), dark, windy and rainy. I thought that I just came across my first breakdown when I switched the foglights on and the dim lights came off.

But nooo, they worked as they were supposed to do.

It is very easy to make the lights to work together, but in order to avoid catastrophes I recommend you to do it in a specialized workshop. It's necessary to include a relay and a small change in wires lay-out.


Regards
 
But then you will render the fog lights useless as fog lights, if you can see with dip beam without back glare, you do not need fogs. Fog light spread is short and wide, shorter than dip beam but more importantly lower, so you look over the light to reduce back glare.
 
But then you will render the fog lights useless as fog lights, if you can see with dip beam without back glare, you do not need fogs. Fog light spread is short and wide, shorter than dip beam but more importantly lower, so you look over the light to reduce back glare.
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Completely right - people really dont understand front or rear fog lights...
 
Well, I use the dim light for medium distance illumination and the fog lights for sides illumination. Never back glared when using only dim lights and of course I never use the high beam when in the fog.

Regz
 
Shazzbat said:
Never back glared when using only dim lights and of course I never use the high beam when in the fog.

Regz
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Your fog must be friendlier over there :mrgreen:

I wish modern cars would have fog lamps wired up in this way and not as 'Driving' or 'Spot' lamps :)
 
Found this on the government website:

“Headlamp” A lamp used to illuminate the road in front of a vehicle and which is not a front fog lamp.
“Front fog lamp” A lamp used to improve the illumination of the road in front of a motor vehicle in conditions of seriously reduced visibility.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/part/I/made

All depends what "seriously reduced visibility means". Considering the amount of legislation we have on UK vehicles, this is a bit subjective and maybe means it's hard for the poilce to prosecute anyone using their foglights even in slightly foggy conditions?? For some old school drivers, seriously reduced would be a thick "pea souper". For the less enlightened it maybe means anything other than a bright sunny day.
 
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