Date:         Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:10:16 EST
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlight relay scheme - good or bad or just OK?
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In a message dated 12/18/04 6:40:22 PM, altowner@comcast.net writes:

<< I'm guessing that the chance of it overloading is slight, especially if
relays have been added to the headlights. Would you agree? >>

Alex,

With the relays installed, overloading might be impossible, but there is
always the opportunity for an accidental short and, more importantly, who can
predict the expertise of anyone reading this list?  I guess I spent too much time
involved with critical systems, security and the National Electrical Code to
leave anything to chance.  The truth is that while I had initially planned to
fuse the control circuit whenever I did the lighting relay installation, if I
had not found that nifty little relay base with the attached fuse holders, the
circuit might have gone unfused.

Also, I installed the relays only to prevent another headlight switch from
suffering a meltdown; I did not install them for some imagined improvement in
lighting.  The boost in voltage delivered at the headlights with relays is in
the hundredths of volts when compared to the stock lighting system with CLEAN
connections.

The best to you during this holiday season,
George