Date:         Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:33:11 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Super Horns
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RE having both styles of horns: my old Renault Daupines had a switch on the
steering column to choose between "city" and "country" horns.

Jim

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> Jim
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> 2012/1/23 pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com>
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>> Obviously, its great to upgrade this wire to allow faster charging of the
>> battery---especially important for a dual battery setup.
>>
>> But is it really necessary for getting more power to devices like the
>> horn?  (I would expect the horn to work fine with the car off, after all.)
>>
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>>
>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com
>> >wrote:
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>> > The extra wire from the battery to the headlight relay is a nice idea.
>> > However the battery is not the real source. You also need to upgrade the
>> > path from the alternator to the battery cable. On the 86 and later vans
>> > with AC there are two wires that go from the battery to the front.  One
>> is
>> > for the fuse box and the other is for the high speed fan relay. That
>> makes
>> > a great pick up point for extra capacity.
>> >
>> > Dennis
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> > Of Chris S.
>> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:43 PM
>> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> > Subject: Super Horns
>> >
>> > As much as I liked the cute meep-meep Herbie impersonation of my
>> Vanagon's
>> > horn, I had one too many instances of needing the horn equivalent of a
>> > middle  finger. Problem solved. Bought Hella Super Horns from
>> > RallyLights.com. I installed them this weekend.  They are big, loud,
>> red,
>> > and loud. Did I say loud?  Video to follow, pic for now:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/misterpolak/?action=view&current=ISO-8859-2QzdjEAcie2EJPG.jpg
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>> > While I was busy adding the extra power lead and relay for the horns I
>> > also ran another lead from the battery to my headlight relays. Now I'm
>> > bright and loud.
>> >
>> > Chris.
>> >
>> > Wysłane z iPhone'a
>> >
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