[6pack] horns

[Navarrette, Vance]

        Wayne:

        I think the concern with horns is that they are an inductive load, as
opposed to a headlight which is simply a resistive load. The horns will cause
a nasty inductive kickback across the switch when the contacts open, so you
need the switch to be way over designed to handle the hundreds or thousands of
volts that result. For the headlights no such heavy duty circuit is required
since they do not generate any kick back when you shut them off.

        Vance


    Vance Navarrette
    Cogito Ergo Zoom
    I think, therefore I go fast

-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Wayne Lee
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:17 PM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] horns

Thanks Guy's
      I guess that ends that concern the other fella had about swapping them
out with something
louder. Same here, I think I'm going to go for those big tootin Hella's. I
don't understand why they didn't do the same for the Headlights. I've got to
set one up for my Cibie Headlights even if my Switch can handle the lowest
wattage Bulbs I could put in them. I take it Triumph thought their Horns
were more resource robbing than their Headlights. Or maybe it's the on/off
frequently that's the problem.
I'll have to be careful not to alarm too many Q-Tips once installed.
Regards,
Wayne