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Can you tell me where to get this special diode? I simply bridged the two wires, but had a dead battery all the time. I finally had dealer update for Canada Daytime Running Lights, but all the lights come on (marker lights) and headlights at 40% of regular beam (or so Porsche Dealer says). I would rather have just the fogs on during the day as DRLs. Where do you get the diode?
Just search for 1N4001 - 1A Diode. In the US you can get from radioshack, digikey, mouser, all online.
Can you tell me where to get this special diode? I simply bridged the two wires, but had a dead battery all the time. I finally had dealer update for Canada Daytime Running Lights, but all the lights come on (marker lights) and headlights at 40% of regular beam (or so Porsche Dealer says). I would rather have just the fogs on during the day as DRLs. Where do you get the diode?
Can you tell me where to get this special diode? I simply bridged the two wires, but had a dead battery all the time. I finally had dealer update for Canada Daytime Running Lights, but all the lights come on (marker lights) and headlights at 40% of regular beam (or so Porsche Dealer says). I would rather have just the fogs on during the day as DRLs. Where do you get the diode?
Yes, that is the same. By the way, the paint on your car looks absolutely stunning. Mine is black too, but chipped all over the place in the front.
Yves
Thanks, I was lucky to have a clear bra covering half of the front of the car. You should look at this product, I have had good results on paint chips.
According to utkinpol in post #1, for 997.1, A2 is the automatic light; it is the yellow/red wire and is the second one in your list. A5 is the fog light; it is the yellow/white wire and should be the fifth one in your list, but it is missing.
Assuming the yellow/red wire is the same for the 997.2, I think you are 1/2 way there. If you could get a hold of a 997.2 wiring diagram, you may be able to figure out which wire corresponds to the FOG light.
xchgh: That's exactly what I'm trying to do but the wiring harness for the 997.2 is different than the 997.1 I'd like to insert the diode instead of using the OBC stalk on a 997.2 to turn on/off DRLs.
I have been running diode hack on mine over a year now on a daily driver 2006 C2 with no battery issues.
My issue now is that the light housing (original, not DRL LED) is starting to look cloudy and nasty, and I suspect it's due to the heat of the always on fog light.
Does anyone know of if there's a suitable LED replacement for the H8 35W? Seems like people were using hoen xenonmatch but hadn't found a good LED replacement: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...led-white.html
Will replacing bulbs help this from getting worse?
11-26-2014, 04:12 PM
