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Lost lowbeam, possible short?

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DJCarbine

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I lost lowbeam lamps today, however the highs still work.

I noticed when I had lows on and the radio, the radio kept making a clicking sound. I glanced at the volt gauge, and it was at 14, randomly spiking to 10.

Thinking my alternator was about to crap out, I shut off the headlamps to try to limp home. This solved the problem, so I am pretty sure its a short in the system. The highbeams work fine.

People have told me this might be a dimmer switch issue on the floor, or a faulty headlight switch.

Anyone have any ideas were I should start looking?
 

iskwezm

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dumb start,but check for power at the plug,then back trace it to the dimmer and headlamp switch.
 

rbohm

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everytime i have had that problem it has been the dimmer switch. yours is likely the original one, so replace it anyway as they are cheap.
 
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