HenryJ
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Yes. Great fix for the burned out DRL sockets:ohiobellboy said:not if you move the drl feed to the middle of the plug instead of the outside pin in the plug.
There's a recent thread here showing how this is done.
author=HenryJ said:Like every other GM truck on the road, I have fought the battle of the burned DRL sockets. Lower candle power bulbs and dielectric silicone help the situation, but I don't think they are the whole answer. My DRL bulbs have been replaced with amber. I have added a diode to have them on all the time and I have also added a relay so that the wig-wag with the turn signals. I have noticed that since they use the high side element , the bulbs are cooking the amber, and I suspect the socket as well. I am sure that being on night and day has not helped the lifespan of the amber coating, or the socket.
Today I took a step to reduce the intensity. I replaced the inner socket with one from a turn signal lamp. This has both terminals so that the low power element of the bulb can be used.
The center pin is the low element for the bulb. This is blanked off in the outer part of the stock DRL socket. Pretty simple to drill it out and up size the inner channel for the terminal.
Once that was done , I moved the blue wire to the center position.
The brown inner socket donated from a turn signal socket needed a channel trimmed/ground into it to match the outer socket for the DRL. An abrasive cut off wheel on the grinder made quick work of that.
Snap it all together and now my DRL use the low power element of the 3157A amber bulb. That should help the yellow coating of the bulb last longer and keep the socket from burning too.
Mine are set up to be on all the time and wig wag with the turn signals. This makes them a better match to the park lamps. Basically, I just turned them into an extended park light and turn signal.
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