Dear List, As I ponder the many ways of wiring my South African Quad headlights with 7" Cibie's (100/55 watt) and 5 1/4" Hella's (100 watt) I thought I'd ask the list: "How are people wiring their high-performance lights?" As I see it, there are three main ways (with many variations): 1.) two relays, one for highs and one for lows - trigger the relays directly from the headlight switch 2.) three relays, one for lows, one for inner highs, one for outer highs - trigger the relays from either the headlight switch or the existing Vanagon headlight wiring harness 3.) four relays, one each for right/left high and right/left low - trigger the relays directly from the existing Vanagon wiring harness to the headlights ALSO: what is the proper gauge wiring to such high-performance lights? - 10 gauge? - 12 gauge? I assume most people remove the existing headlight wiring harness (14 gauge?) and replace it with larger-gauge wiring -- correct? Thanx in advanced, Michael J. Sullivan 1986 Syncro Doublecab 1987 Syncro Westfalia TDI 1996 Passat TDI http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/TDI |
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