Date:         Mon, 4 Apr 2011 19:54:03 -0500
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Subject:      Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
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Found three more relays tucked up above the fuse box.

All three are Bosch 0 332 209 150, which appears to be a generic,
inexpensive relay.

Two of them are held together by a single piece of peel-and-stick
velcro tape that held the pair of them up in the dash. They both
click when I pull on the high-beam lever.  That says to me that they
are getting power from the high-beam switch when it is pulled, but
for some reason it is not distributed.

All three are wired like this:

30  BE
85  WE
86  BK
87  YW
87a - nothing

Can't tell where the other end of the wires go - that will take some digging.

My suspicion is that the third relay, the one that doesn't click with
the high-beam lever, is somehow related to either the auxiliary
battery or the AC-inverter.

There may be a fuse, off of the fuse block, somewhere between these
relays and the switches and headlights.  Haven't found it yet.

The ignition switch electronics check out with a VOM.
There is continuity between 30 and X when I turn the switch.

Still don't know what size/type bulbs are in the headlights.
I know there are 55w units in the backup lights - found those last year.
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