The real forget me not is that during normal operation the battery is not the power source. The alternator is and the power goes from the alternator through a single wire to the battery cable post on the starter. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of John Meeks Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:31 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit On 11/5/07, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > What I have done is get some 8ga wire > > and went > > from the battery direct to behind the grille (install a fuse fuse > > at > > the battery!) then I installed some water proof 30A relays behind the > > grille one for low beam, one for high beam and one for my rallye > > lights. I used the original headlight connectors to trigger the > > relays and have new 12ga wiring to new terminal housings that plug > > into > > the back of the light. > > > I did essentially the same thing, except that I have four individual 10ga > runs (HI & LO, Left & Right) run to relays under the driver's seat where I > have a 6ga jumper to the battery.
And let's not forget big wire from lights to ground. It's a circuit. Weakest link and all. -- John Meeks '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits Northern Michigan KC8ZFN Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm |
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