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I need to know if anyone has a favorite company to supply a headlight switch. I am going to install a relay system with new high-end bulbs, but had an issue where the headlights would not stay on even on low beam the other night while coming home. If I touched the knob, the low beams would come back on for a brief period, I suspect the switch is probably not #1 quality. The relays and new wiring (even installing new ground wiring, 30A fuse on the supply to the relays also) should take care of the high amp draw of the new lamps. I have all the components for Daniel Stern Lighting Solution ready to install. I tested the lights again after parking truck inside garage and still had issues with the low beam, they would go out with no reason and would come back on with the lightest touch on the knob. Thinking that the contacts inside the switch are bad, even though the switch is less than 5 years old.
Looking for the most reliable switch for a base to the new system

The switches all come from the same "Peoples Headlight Switch Factory" in China. Buy one at any of the vendors. They do come apart and I have refurbished several by just cleaning the brass/copper contacts and wipers. Bending here and there or replacing a tiny compression spring to create more contact pressure. They are a simple slider switch with a rotary function for dome. If you don't want to tinker, buy a new one. I always take stuff apart that I'm going to throwing away just to see how it works and end up fixing it.
If it works by barely touching the knob it indicates to me as just dirty contacts. The sliding burnishes and builds a residue of black copper dust, oxidation and regular dust....... I.E. gum.