Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:22:13 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
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So why would one bother with headlight relays and bulbs that size and still
go through the fuse box? 400 watts is almost 40 amps. 10 gauge is the wiring
requirement for this load. The wiring upgrade needs to be considered all the
way from the alternator.
Dennis
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Subject: Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
Finally found the culprit.
There were two blue wires, one from each of the relays tied to the high-beam
switch that were tied together in a female connector, but that connector had
partially melted and pulled off of the back of the fuse panel. It looked
like it was connected, but it was displaced from the actual connection and
jammed into an empty space between the other wires.
All four of the "high" powered wires from the relays went to somewhere on
the back of the fuse panel. Couldn't tell where the yellow wires went.
The blue wires had fallen off of a single male connector, far left (left is
left) on the fuse block, top of the center group.
Lights work.
BTW, the high beams are 100W and the low beams are Bosch 9004 80/100W.
And in the process of removing the kluge wire that got me home the other
night, I destroyed two more of the white nylon headlight adjusters. On hold
again until the adjuster set that I just ordered from Bus Depot arrives.
Thanks to everyone that advised.
At 12:00 AM -0400 4/5/11, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 19:54:03 -0500
>From: Grungy <grungy@GRUNGY.COM>
>Subject: Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
>
>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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