Great link, David!
Gerard
At 7:47 PM -0700 8/31/00, David Riker wrote:
>Here is a good link about headlight relays:
>http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/relays/
>David Riker
>74 Midget
>63 Falcon
>70 Torino
>http://personalweb.sunset.net/~davidr
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Hlsinger@aol.com>
>To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:02 PM
>Subject: advice on head/driving lamps
>
>
>> We have had a 1971 Midget that has the turn signal, high/low/flash
>> combination switch for about ten days. It has been converted to halogen
>> sealed beams. Driving lights have been added by putting a two to one
>> connector in the blue with white stripe high beam wire in front of the
>> radiator. The high beams and driving lights did not work either at the
>high
>> beam setting or the flash setting when we got it. The problem is in the
>> combination switch. It has no continuity between the purple wire and the
>> blue/white wire in high beam or flash positions. I have ordered a new
>> combination switch.
>>
>> My question to the list is what is the best way to install driving lights
>to
>> keep from having elect problems?
>>
>> Should the driving lights and/or the halogen sealed beams be put on
>separate
>> circuits with relays to keep from burning the contacts out of the
>combination
>> switch? There is a 30 amp fuse in the 7-8 position on the fuse block.
>Would
>> that be the correct size? Lots of smaller wire for interior lamps, boot
>lamp,
>> etc also connected to that fuse. Comments and suggestions on how to get
>this
>> right would be appreciated.
>>
>> Alex Holsinger
>> 1971 Midget
>> Tulsa, Oklahoma
>>
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