[Shotimes] Re: upgrading bulbs in headlights

[Ian Fisher]

Where are these seperate resistors? Especially the
ones for the tailights?

thanks
Ian

--- MonsieurBoo@aol.com wrote:

> Secondly, wrt the resistor, this will only affect
> the LAMP OUT  functionality 
> of the headlights.  It won't affect the LAMP OUT 
> functionality of other 
> lamps.  
> 
> Each set of lamps are powered  separately, and each
> have their own "sense" 
> inline resistor.
>  
> ==========
>  
> If that's the way it works, and it certainly sounds
> logical, this  voltage 
> drop has simply been displaced to the DOWNSTREAM
> side of the  relays.  The drop 
> should consist of a small "baseline" voltage  drop
> due to any inherent 
> resistance in the wiring and connectors, plus "2x"
> the  voltage drop that occurs with 
> one headlight lit.  When one bulb goes  out, the
> voltage drop would decrease 
> to "baseline + x" in  that part of the circuit.  
>  
> Seems to me if this is the case, the relevant lines
> from the sensor could  
> just be spliced in on the downstream side, though
> most likely the  "comparator" 
> resistor might need to be tweaked to get the trigger
> point set to  the right 
> voltage.
>  
> The sensor seems to live OK when plumbed into the
> original high-current  
> circuit, it's the switch that's the weak point, so I
> assume plumbing the sensor  
> into the downstream circuit would not affect its
> longevity.
>  
> Cheers,
> Mark LaBarre
> 94 atx 125k
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