A secondary headlight system for detecting and compensating for failure of an
automotive
vehicle's low beam headlight, includes:
- (a) at least one photoresistor;
- (b) fiberoptics connected to the photoresistor;
- (c) at least one potentiometer;
- (d) at least one NPN transistor operably connected to the photoresistor
and the potentiometer;
- (e) at least one switching relay operably connected to the potentiometer
and the NPN transistor;
- (f) at least one power resistor operably connected to the switching
relay; and
- (g) an automatic reset subsystem comprising at least one capacitor and
at least one light emitting diode, the light emitting diode being operably connected
to the capacitor and the transistor;
- wherein the secondary headlight system is connected to a power supply
of the vehicle, and a low beam headlight of the vehicle, the failure of which is
to be detected and compensated for; and wherein when the low beam headlight of
the vehicle fails, the secondary headlight system is automatically activated, resulting
in illumination of a high beam headlight of the vehicle. A method is also included herein.
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