On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Damon Campbell wrote: > What are the disadvantages of using the stock wiring harness to power > the headlights? One poster in the archives mentions a mere 0.1v drop, > which can't cause that much degredation in the amount of light put out. 0.1v may be correct if your grounds are all good. Right now I get more like a 1.0v drop to everything up front when I switch on the headlights. At very least clean and tighten all the ground connections. I'm sorely tempted to just run an 8-gauge wire from the battery ground terminal all the way to the front, and then tie all the under-dash grounds to that. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To accept selfishness as an all-purpose excuse for |___/ mistreating others is to reject the whole idea of right and wrong." -- Richard Stallman |
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