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DRL's on a switch/relay

Also,your warning or indicator lamp wants to be connected to Pin 87,as it should be an indication of power supplied to end function and not any earlier. For instance,the relay could fail (not uncommon) and you would still have the warning lamp illuminated. And as for the friendliness issue,once you have got over the pedantry and virtual gazumpmanship.....most are helpful...it's just like any new arrival...many years ago,on my first day at Scott Greenham Cranes,the first driver i spoke to said "Alright son,got any dirty pictures of yer mum?" NO,i have not! i replied..."Do yer want to see some?" was the retort...And here,is no different :ninja:
 
You could also do it this way :

Take a feed from the warning light terminal of your alternator to the anode of a diode, cathode of the diode to terminal 85 of your relay. Take the other end of the relay coil (86) to the switched headlamp feed (before the dip/main beams switch).
Now supply a fused feed to terminal 30 of your relay and terminal 87 to your DRLs with the other side of them to a good earth.

Apologies for the long winded description of the circuit, i don't have schematic software on this computer.

This circuit powers the DRLs when the engine is running (and the alternator is charging) and the lights are off and turns them off when you switch the lights on. This (AFAIK) is the only legal way they should operate - what circuit you use to achieve that is optional though. This circuit does work, been using it on my Rover for several years now without any problems. It is fully automatic (as it should be) and because of the simplicity is very reliable.

Hope it helps!
 

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