Any body help. How to get all the factory fitted spot lights to work at once, roof and grill ones,Local dealers won’t do it…
Also were is the plug,which wire to splice into, in the box on passenger side for side light circuit,to add extra marker lights.
If the local dealers won’t do it there’s a reason why usually involving ratings of wiring harness, relays and switchgear or ECU outputs. Anyway why would you want to? If you can’t see with just two of those things blasting away you’re not fit to be behind the wheel.
It has 6 main beam, and I want 6 to work, not 4.
Conor:
If the local dealers won’t do it there’s a reason why usually involving ratings of wiring harness, relays and switchgear or ECU outputs. Anyway why would you want to? If you can’t see with just two of those things blasting away you’re not fit to be behind the wheel.
I actually agree with Conrod 
Punchy Dan:
Conor:
If the local dealers won’t do it there’s a reason why usually involving ratings of wiring harness, relays and switchgear or ECU outputs. Anyway why would you want to? If you can’t see with just two of those things blasting away you’re not fit to be behind the wheel.
Do you want a bigger stick to stir it with… 
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Punchy Dan:
Conor:
If the local dealers won’t do it there’s a reason why usually involving ratings of wiring harness, relays and switchgear or ECU outputs. Anyway why would you want to? If you can’t see with just two of those things blasting away you’re not fit to be behind the wheel.
Do you want a bigger stick to stir it with…
My 2 candle sticks are fine thanks
Punchy Dan:
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Punchy Dan:
Conor:
If the local dealers won’t do it there’s a reason why usually involving ratings of wiring harness, relays and switchgear or ECU outputs. Anyway why would you want to? If you can’t see with just two of those things blasting away you’re not fit to be behind the wheel.
Do you want a bigger stick to stir it with…
My 2 candle sticks are fine thanks
Caravans and Transits Mr…
I’ll get my coat
If only there had of been
Punchy Dan:
I’ll get my coatIf only there had of been
There would have been some people looking for there Outfit 
I think there is a switch somewhere so you can use all the factory fitted lights at the same time but I can’t remember where it is , as not driven one for a while, it maybe on the dash somewhere or light stalk .
I have same issue. 70 plate 500S.
Dealer won’t turn the option on, says its illegal. They have done before on other trucks on our fleet, but say they’re not allowed to anymore.
Would like all 6 on for the unlit country lanes we get down regularly in the dark.
trevorking1964:
I have same issue. 70 plate 500S.
Dealer won’t turn the option on, says its illegal. They have done before on other trucks on our fleet, but say they’re not allowed to anymore.
Would like all 6 on for the unlit country lanes we get down regularly in the dark.
Small backhander to the mechanic on the next service should do the job
Stop wearing dark-glasses at night time, or go see an optician. If you all really need that much light to drive maybe you have issues with your sight?
It is all counter productive: turn off the overkill mains and the reduced glare will enable your eyes to adjust more to the ambient light available.
And having roof lights that shine over the horizon on the crest of a hill will light up the road that the driver can`t see, and will dazzle oncoming traffic before they are seen by the truck driver.
Not so much about seeing, as a fashion accessory really.
(I confidently expect everyone to agree with that)
It’s definitely done by plugging into a laptop at dealer. It’s not illegal because there are switches to isolate them. Ask Scania GB for their say on the matter or better still a passing Vosa guy.
short walk:
It’s definitely done by plugging into a laptop at dealer. It’s not illegal because there are switches to isolate them. Ask Scania GB for their say on the matter or better still a passing Vosa guy.
The fitter at dealer, wouldn’t turn them on, they’ve been instructed by Scania, not to allow all 6 to work, but there’s a lot of others that have been switched on, by other or independent dealerships are doing it .
Can only agree with Franglais, this light wars situation has got way out of control.
There’s a happy medium, too much light destroys your night vision completely meaning anything not being burnt to a crisp by the umpteen million watt spotlight thingy’s stuck like two ■■■■■■■ onto a New Gen’s breast won’t be seen easily.
Never understood what benefit lights on the roof of an artic might be, invariably fitted to vehicles that would never go offroad in their lives, and these too bright lights being flashed regularly during overtaking on motorways are causing a bloody nuisance all round, at one time we didn’t flash in at night with main beams…courtesy rules, the vehicle being overtaken would momentarily switch dipped headlights off when the overtaker was clear.
Just as cars now have to be fitted with too camp by far fairy lights even lorries have joined in, my lights are more/bigger/sexier than yours its a bloody lorry for crying out loud 30 years ago we had no trouble doing 70+ at night with two halogen bulbs alone, what happened to driver’s sight in the meantime 
Just to put things in context i do like additional fog lights fitted underneath the normal headlights, that way if you et a dipped beam blow you can flick the fog lights on giving you driveable vision visible fully to oncoming vehicles till you can swap the bulb out.
Juddian:
Just to put things in context i do like additional fog lights fitted underneath the normal headlights, that way if you et a dipped beam blow you can flick the fog lights on giving you driveable vision visible fully to oncoming vehicles till you can swap the bulb out.
I followed that logic recently, from Poole to what turned out to be a yard just by Winchester, sadly couldn’t carry on until a van had been out and done said bulb swap. 
njl:
Juddian:
Just to put things in context i do like additional fog lights fitted underneath the normal headlights, that way if you et a dipped beam blow you can flick the fog lights on giving you driveable vision visible fully to oncoming vehicles till you can swap the bulb out.I followed that logic recently, from Poole to what turned out to be a yard just by Winchester, sadly couldn’t carry on until a van had been out and done said bulb swap.
Company not issue spare bulbs or let you change your own? sadly this is all too often the case, up to a point i can understand it because some bods can screw up even the simplest bulb change but one size fits all thinking is destroying our industry from within.
Juddian:
Never understood what benefit lights on the roof of an artic might be, invariably fitted to vehicles that would never go offroad in their lives,
We agree there too.
Roof lights on vehicles wading in mud and cutting through bush make some sense. On a truck less so.
Arguably when a car on the opposite carriageway is on main and is dazzling you, but won`t see your low mounted mains flashing because of a central reserve barrier you can zap him?
Is it worth repeating why fog lights are low mounted? Im sure many know, but maybe not all. What we see is light reflected from an object. We use lights to send light out from our vehicle to illuminate said object. Lights will illuminate fog, snow, or rain or whatever before it reaches any object. Roof mounted lights will illuminate fog, mist,etc in the drivers field of view. Useless.
Or worse than useless: glare from that will drown out any light actually coming from an object in the road.
A low mounted light beam should run parallel to the ground and light up any object, with reflected light taking a different course back to the driver.
I`ve heard one driver referring to roof lights as “snow lights”.
Snow ploughs do have roof lights of course, but that is because of the two ton, quarter inch steel plate mounted where conventional lights should be! Roof lights do a good job of illuminating fog or snow but are useless for illuminating the road.
Where can I dismount from this hobby horse?
Juddian:
njl:
Juddian:
Just to put things in context i do like additional fog lights fitted underneath the normal headlights, that way if you et a dipped beam blow you can flick the fog lights on giving you driveable vision visible fully to oncoming vehicles till you can swap the bulb out.I followed that logic recently, from Poole to what turned out to be a yard just by Winchester, sadly couldn’t carry on until a van had been out and done said bulb swap.
Company not issue spare bulbs or let you change your own? sadly this is all too often the case, up to a point i can understand it because some bods can screw up even the simplest bulb change but one size fits all thinking is destroying our industry from within.
Would be nice. There is a box of lamps in the warehouse but not stocked with anything of much use, which I found a few weeks later as the unit that night had a dip beam out during the day shift but hadn’t been sorted out before I started. If I am in the same truck each shift of the week it’s perhaps easier to keep some useful things in the cab, but with a range of other units and drivers I would expect to see stuff disappear again just as quickly.
I have witnessed one driver getting a brake light bulb from another trailer rather than find one from the supply, which is really scraping the barrel. Though at a pinch a fog light or reverse light moved over might make sense if it’s that or nothing.