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Date:         Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:20:10 EST
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: mounting roof lights
Comments: To: vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG
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In a message dated 12/19/2003 9:46:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes: I've pondered this as well. I think the simplest, but maybe not the best, is to run the wire along the rain gutter and down the vent to the engine compartment and then get the high current direct from the alternator. Install a relay back there so that you can turn them on and you are set. This way, if you use big enough wire you will have move volts running up there as you are taking it from the alternator rather than the battery.

I like my Syncro Westfalia with the big bush bar on the front with the Hella Rallye 2000s on it. I can light road signs 5km away! Very simple to get power to this location! My Syncro 15 Doka had roof lights which were wired via a hole with a rubber grommet about 1½" from the bottom of the gutter. The wiring appeared to have been run just to the inside of the B-pillar.

BenT


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