dimmer timer

[allen1978]

im redoing my 1978 xs1100 and im missing a dimmer timer(i think thats what its called)i dont remember taking it off...do i need this and what does it do...

[natemoen]

Explain what it is that your talking about... Where is it, whats it look like and the like?

[mro]

No dimmer timer on the XS

But there is
Reserve lighting unit
Head light relay
High/low beam switch on left control

All can be by-passed one way or another

mro

[fredintoon]

im redoing my 1978 xs1100 and im missing a dimmer timer(i think thats what its called)i dont remember taking it off...do i need this and what does it do...

Hi Allen,
closest thing to a dimmer timer on the '78 wiring diagram is a box called dimmer relay. WTF it does, where it's located and what it looks like, somebody else will have to tell you.

[allen1978]

dimmer relay thats it..i dont remember taking it off..its wiring location is by the horn..and thats all i know about..

[mro]

?dimmer relay?

May be what the RLU uses when it switches from a burned out low beam element to the high beam element to lower the power to the high beam.

mro