[Shotimes] Re: upgrading bulbs in headlights

[Paul Nimz]

They are built into the wire harness like a fuse link.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Fisher" <dataflash@yahoo.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: upgrading bulbs in headlights


> 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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