LED Headlights: Turning on the fogs turns on the high beams, too!, New behavior, fogs worked normally until LED headlights installed. Options

[orthobiz]

I love my brand new GE Nighthawks. There is no way I could go back to regular headlights. I had a set of sealed beam Hellas.

Last night I turned on the fog lights for the first time and the high beams came on. When I looked at the front of the car, all three were on: the regular lights, high beams AND the fog lights.

Any fix for this? I would like to have the fog lights and the low beams on at the same time without the high beams.

Edit: up until I installed the LED headlights, turning on the fog lights did NOT turn on the high beams. And turning on the high beams turned OFF the fog lights. In other words, normal behavior.

Thanks,

Paul

[Chi-town]

Could you separate the ground for the fog relay from the high beam circuit?
Give it an actual ground and turn them off manually when using high beams?

[Spoke]

Could you separate the ground for the fog relay from the high beam circuit?
Give it an actual ground and turn them off manually when using high beams?

Separating the ground for the fog relay would negate the need for the fog light relay to have a ballast resistor. It would make the fog light independent of the high/low beam.

Here's how the '74 914 foglights are connected. Notice the white/blue wire from the fog light relay to the top of fuses 1 and 2. Likely this wire is connected at the fuse panel and able to be easily disconnected. Then make a short pigtail with a male spade on one side and a ring terminal on the other side. Connect the male spade to the white/blue wire and the the ring terminal to a nearby chassis bolt.