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Originally Posted by nmu98  Karl,
In post 7 & 13, I describe how we would put the hazards in a separate switch and how the factory switch would work. This is how I think you want it.:
The red power on the beacon would go to a switch, from the switch you would run a wire up to the headlight switch. You would remove the purple wire from the connector one the back of the headlight switch and plug it in to the switch wire. That would give you worklights whenever you want.
Without doing anything else, you would have a factory switch that was:
off
hazards
hazards/headlights
headlights
I would think that would work well for you as there might be some time you would want to work without flashers. But, if you want flashers on whenever lights are on, you would have to run two wires with doides on them from the worklights and the headlights, to the flasher wire. Then you would always have flashers. |
Thanks, I this will be perfect.
The reason I may want the hazards on all the time except when light switch is off is to make sure I don't forget to leave them on when I'm using the work lights while pushing/blowing snow in a high-risk area such as a schoolyard. I know JD meant well by making sure we couldn't have flashers on with work lights on as a reminder not to use work lights on the road (or as an incentive to purchase a beacon?) but it can be unsafe in some situations when making the vehicle highly visible has to prevail over operator convenience.
I would humbly suggest to John Deere that they install an independent switch for the road lights (headlights, taillights and hazards) and, since JD appears very fond of computerized features, perhaps they could have the chip issue a "Light Config" reminder to turn on the road lights and turn off work lights whenever forward speed goes above 10mph for more than 30 seconds with all implement raised, as this would tell the computer the tractor is likely in transit. Those wanting to drive with work lights on on empty country roads, for example, could just ignore the warning or better, have the possibility to turn the warning off.