On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, mark drillock wrote: > Some of the voltage drop in Vanagon headlight wiring is due to aging > grounds and corrosion at the common grounding points under the dash. > Don't overlook adding better grounds when adding relays. In some cases > improving the grounds makes a bigger difference than adding the relays. Yup. I know about a third of my overall voltage drop is in the grounds, much of the rest is probably corroded fusebox connections. I need to go on a cleaning-and-tightening spree one of these days.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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