Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:21:22 -0400
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From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Re: Headlamp Relays - Lights Still Dim
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You guy are killing me...... You have to test voltage with the load in
place.
In other words. Plug in the lights, then check the voltage. No load you
will alway see full applied voltage....
Eric
James V wrote:
>I checked the voltage at the headlamp socket and it's just over 12v. This
>is w/ out rewiring the ground. I also tested using a jumper wire going
>directly to the battery ground and the reading is the same. (Actually, when
>I first tested the stock wired headlamp socket, it read 9.5v. So after
>getting a 12v reading w/ the jumper, I thought for sure a better ground was
>in order. But then I retested the stock wiring, it read 12v. Weird. And
>the other headlamp also read 12v, but it took the needle several seconds to
>get there... Is that just poor contact w/ my meter?)
>
>Anyway, what now? Assuming I'm already getting good voltage, is there
>reason to still rewire the ground? It seems that the only way to get them
>brighter would be w/ replacement bulbs. Maybe they're just old? I'm not
>trying to get super bright, just adequate and safe... And what I have is
>woefully un-adequate.
>
>Thanks,
>
>James
>90 Carat
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>
>
>On 9/10/03 16:44, "James V" <tornadored@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
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>
>>> James, check the voltage at the headlamp socket. It was or should
>>>have been 9.5 or thereabouts. It now should be 11.5 thereabouts. If not,
>>>then you have a wiring problem somewhere. Did you fix the grounds as
>>>indicated
>>>in my instructions ?
>>>
>>>
>>Actually, I did NOT rewire the headlight ground. I couldn't find an
>>available slot on the two blocks above the fuse block. I didn't think much
>>of it, but it sounds like it makes a difference. Is there another place to
>>ground in the vicinity?
>>
>>I did not check the voltage at the lamp socket, but I will do so
>>before/after upgrading the ground.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>James
>>90 Carat
>>
>>
>>
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>>>
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>>>
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