I never knew a red wire meant that. Always knew it was + just didn't know that it meant always live. But then I would always have treated it as a live wire. Looking at P97.14 it looks like wire remains #16 after hi/low switch. (unless I'm misreading the diagram) But then my original observation is pointless as the headlights are all using #16 ! ;) Neil. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:44 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > Both high and low are normally supplied by that same #12 white/black wire. > > The #16 red wire is for a different purpose, the "flash". It is red to warn > you it is always hot. It lights both bulbs while the hi/lo stalk is held up, > whether the light switch is on or not and whether the key is on or off. This > is a feature that many people have used to get home in the dark even when > the headlight switch has burned out or the contact for the headlights in the > key switch has fried. > > Mark > > neil n wrote: >> >> ......... >> >> Of note, find it interesting that on the '81 gas, #12 wire supplies >> the low beam, but hi beam is supplied via #16. Don't hi's take more >> juice? Or is this done b/c #16 supplies the hi beam "flash"? >> >> Neil. >> >> >
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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