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1. 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:27:28 -0500; while replacing a headlight bulb "IN MY SHOP" today... I thought about the old 4 light hi-beams... I found a 'kit' online today... relay and some wire... my question On a 2003 Tahoe... will wiring al; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00024.html (6,178 bytes)
2. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:13:23 -0700 (PDT); I wouldn't be at all surprised if something melted. Wiring on modern cars is surprisingly skinny. I bet they do thermal simulations on computers to figure exactly how skinny each wire can be without; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00025.html (8,147 bytes)
3. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: Peter Murray <pete@partnercomm.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:33:36 -0400 (EDT); Are you worried about melting in the housing, or in the wiring? The fuses for the circuit will blow to prevent an over-current in the wiring. I have always thought it was poor design in many of the G; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00026.html (8,829 bytes)
4. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:24:55 -0400; From someone who is only half-following this thread... I know that around here (Ontario) there is a law saying how many watts of forward lighting a vehicle can have. The high-disables-low is 99% sure; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00027.html (8,064 bytes)
5. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:43:14 -0400; There are also rules about how much light you're allowed to put out. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00028.html (8,508 bytes)
6. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:05:54 -0400 (EDT); Aren't there federal limits on the amount of wattage allowed for headlights? I expect that the engineers are just following specs... Mark; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00029.html (7,991 bytes)
7. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:27:21 -0400; mode, since The answer is going to be "it depends." It depends on which bulbs you use, some put out much more heat than others even at the same watt rating. It also depends on how much voltage is act; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00030.html (8,471 bytes)
8. RE: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:26:56 -0400; And some states limit the number of lights that can be lit at once - Virginia for example limits it to 4 lights. If both low and high beams were on, you couldn't add fog lights, driving lights, etc.,; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00031.html (8,531 bytes)
9. RE: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:46:00 -0700; I disagree ... low beams put all their light onto the road right in front of you. All that extra light causes your pupils to contract, which makes it harder to see the weaker light from objects in t; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00032.html (8,952 bytes)
10. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:19:08 -0700; Not true. There's definite limits on how many candelas headlights can throw down the road. If I had a few more minutes I'd go look it up. The problem is that the DOT has always been obsessed with th; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00033.html (8,783 bytes)
11. RE: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:24:23 -0700; Until you go around the corners anyway, life is not lived on a straight road. I drive in the mountains a lot and its nice to have the highs on for the straight sections but the low beams are necessar; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00034.html (10,357 bytes)
12. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "fred thomas" <frede.thomas2@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:00:22 -0400; == I have no idea about Federal Regulations, but, in the State of Virginia "YES" they have codes for inspection of all lights and power of each one. every year it must be approved "FT"; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00035.html (8,995 bytes)
13. RE: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:22:00 -0700; I guess your high beams have less side-scatter than mine do, then. I agree the lighting around the corner on mountain roads isn't the best, but my high beams still light them better than the lows. A; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00036.html (8,553 bytes)
14. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:11:47 -0400; old my I'll John, There has been a lot said, but I don't think anyone addressed your question. If your question was about power, the answer is a possible maybe, but as someone said that's what fuses; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00037.html (9,615 bytes)
15. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "Ed@SpriteSpree" <ed@spritespree.org>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:29:37 -0500; <<The old (?) 4-headlight systems changed the focus of the outer/upper bulbs on high beam,>> OLD, Randall?????????????? I will NOT mention to "Amber"!! You KNOW how women get!!!! Ed '70 El Camino (Am; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00038.html (8,231 bytes)
16. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "Ed@SpriteSpree" <ed@spritespree.org>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:36:32 -0500; <<Not true. There's definite limits on how many candelas headlights can throw down the road. >> Right on, John!! Years ago I had a set of FlameThrowers (10,000 CP) on my car and (stupidly) had the on; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00039.html (8,172 bytes)
17. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "Ed@SpriteSpree" <ed@spritespree.org>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:48:19 -0500; <<The fuses for the circuit will blow to prevent an over-current in the er, WHAT fuses?? I KNOW Wife's Malibu Maxx doesn't have any. And I have never seen American cars "fused". The "fuse" IS the AWG; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00040.html (7,921 bytes)
18. RE: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:18:14 -0700; Most (perhaps not all) American cars have a circuit breaker built into the headlight switch. At least so all of my shop manuals have said, I've never tested one. I even found a safety recall on a 87; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00041.html (8,427 bytes)
19. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:11:16 -0400; Ed, Now that you mention it, I stand corrected. I don't remember any fuses for the headlights. But still, running a new power line, will solve the problem of the wire over heating/melting, etc. John; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00042.html (8,588 bytes)
20. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1): Author: "john niolon" <jniolon@bham.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:04:59 -0500; thanks for noticing John ;-) my thoughts also... I wouldn't think that the wiring would be a problem... the existing hi-beam wiring is made to handle the hi-beams as is the lo-beam wiring... my main; /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00043.html (8,445 bytes)

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