Date:         Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:08:07 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: round > square headlight conversion / Lamp Life
Comments: To: mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To:  <3EDE19C1.48347028@earthlink.net>
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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