Daylight - playing with fire: parking lights

All sorts of non-standard headlights and optional accessories for the car have always been in vogue, and in connection with legal innovations, the term "daylight" does not come off the lips of developers of components for cars and crooked sellers. However, despite a lot of new products, experts, choosing between standard low beam and side lights, recommend to choose the first option, since all illegal LED lamps not only threaten the safety of others, but can become a problem when passing state inspection.

Side lights are such lighting equipment, which are provided by the design of the car for its visual indication when driving in the dark, in fog and other conditions of difficulty visibility. Normally, the correct dimensions should light up at the time of starting the engine and go out when passing to the passing mode.

In order for the headlights to function normally, the following points must be taken into account when installing them:

• The buttons for turning on the parking lights are usually located on the right-hand or left-hand side of the steering wheel on the instrument panel and are indicated graphically. It is worth emphasizing that such a location depends on the model of the car (it may not coincide with the one specified in this article);
• On cars of foreign production, the side lights are switched on when the special lever is turned. If the car with the right rudder, the lever is on the right side of it, if with the left rudder - on the left;
• So that when the parking lights are used to protect the battery from a rapid discharge, it is possible to install a system for automatically turning off the dimensions after the ignition is switched on.

In order for such an additional mechanism to work properly, it is best to place it near the system that controls all external lighting, and connect correctly. To do this, remove the size terminals from the lighting system and insert the terminal of the mechanism in their place, which is indicated by a pink or red wire. After this, it is necessary to cut off the second terminal in order to avoid a short circuit. The terminal removed from the lighting mechanism must be wound on the blue or green wire of the relay and check the operation of the connected mechanism.

However, LED parking lights, like dipped-beam lamps, tend to burn out very quickly, which can disorient other car enthusiasts and lead to an accident, since in the light of one headlight one might think that there is a motorcyclist, a bicyclist or any other two-wheeled vehicle in front.

Thus, having assumed the responsibility to install such an accessory on your car, you need to realize that the burned side lights should be immediately replaced by those functioning in order to avoid unforeseen situations on the road, passing the inspection, reduce their brightness or completely dismantle, and Also need to understand that such devices are not welcome by law.