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Date:         Mon, 28 May 2007 12:02:13 -0700
Reply-To:     TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: right side headlight wont power up ..new relay kit 2 mths ago
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Mark or others

> Oh boy, where to start. From your photos it looks like you wired it > wrong. The yellow/black you should have unplugged from fuse 4 was the > LARGER one on the other end of fuse 4. It looks like what you did was > put the relays after the fuses instead of ahead of them in the circuit. > That would move the lights on one side of the vehicle only. The large > yellow/black connects to one side of fuse 4 AND branches over to fuse 3, > powering BOTH fuses and why the wire is larger. The relay power out > connection belongs on that side so it would feed both of these fuses for > left and right headlights. It looks like you only moved one side of the > lights to the relays, the other side is still stock. The smaller > yellow/black was only for one headlight and the small yellow on fuse 3 > was for the other side's matching bulb. > > What is worse, if my take is right the lights you moved have now > bypassed their fuses so there is no fuse protection for that side at all! I just want to confirm that I now this low beam relay set up like is specd out http://members.shaw.ca/trclark/headlightrelay/LowBeamRelay.JPG Center Relay 87 12G goes to rear position fuse 4 where larger yellow w/black stripe was Left Relay 85 14G goes to ground on start connector Right Relay 86 14G loops over to 12G yellow w/black stripe that was on rear position fuse 4 Rear Relay 30 12G goes to front postion fuse 7 with Y-terminal adapter

because I now get NO low beams either side which means either i am still not on the same page as your directions or its now wired correct for this relay but I got some other issues


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