Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:20:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: No High Beams
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Along those lines, I instantly blew the fuse for the brake light circuit
when I connected up my little trailer and tested the lighting. Not a
miswiring, just the additional load of the trailer's two little brake
lamps was sufficient to pop the fuse. VW must rate the fuses pretty close
to the expected load current so even a non-shorting fault is sufficient to
open the fuse. Had to swap up to the next-sized fuse there.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR



On 9/29/2009 4:15 AM Frank Condelli wrote:

> In a message dated 28/09/2009 3:14:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
>         If you were to read my _Headlamp Relay Upgrade_
> (http://frankcondelli.com/hdltrela.htm)   webpage.  It specifically says that it is necessary
> to change the 10 amp  fuses to 15 amp when installing the higher wattage
> bulbs.
>
>
>
>>>>>> Mark Drillock got it, right on the  button.  Both fuses 9 and 10 were
> blown.
> I guess those little 10 amp  fuses don't like the bigger lamps I have in
> both
> units.  And since I  drive at night very seldom they could have been out for
> some  time.<<<<<<<<
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
> (http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm) )
> _Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html)  -
> Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
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> Almonte, ON, June 11 ~ 14,  2009
>