Headlight Toggle Switch Question

[Guest]

Hello,

I'm trying to wire a three-way toggle switch for my headlight. This should control the On/Off (center switch), High Beam (outer switch), and Low Beam (opposite outer switch).

I am having trouble figuring out the correct wiring for this. I've attached a picture. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks

[Steve]

I don't recognize all the wires in the pictue, evidently there is something custom going on there.

Does that switch have a center OFF position?

Regardles whether the switch has a center OFF position, wire your incoming power wire (not sure, but might be a yellow/white wire) to the center terminal. Connect the white wire (low-beam) to the upper terminal and the yellow wire (high-beam) to the lower terminal. The lever on the switch is opposite the terminal it activates, so this will turn on the low-beam when the switch is in the DOWN position and the high-beam when in the UP position.

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[ThrottleBack]

I'm a noob so forgive my ignorance but won't you need to run power to the switch?

[murrayta]

I currently have the High Beam (Yellow) wired to the right terminal, and the Low Beam (White) wired to the left terminal. My main question is what wire connects to the center terminal, and what needs to be done with the remaining wires?

This is a completely stock bike, so all the wires you see came from the original headlight switch housing. It just had lots of settings, so I'm not sure the best way to simplify it all.

Thanks for your help guys.

[koolaid_kid]

The center would be 12V from your fuse block. Moving the switch one way would send power to that end, moving the switch the other way would send power to that end. Moving it to the center position (if it has one) would turn the headlight off.
This is what Steve said, btw, just in different words.

[murrayta]

Ok Gotcha. I ended up needing to plug the Orange wire into the center position. Now everything works.

Thanks for your assistance guys.