Date:         Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:04:33 -0500
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: headlights with relay setup are inop
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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David, thanks.

Did you know that Alaska has the most precipitation in the nation -
Ketchikan, Alaska in the realm of 153 inches a year - with a record of
202 inches in 1949!!

Did you know Alabama is the wettest state in the contiguous USA with 58
inches average annually.

This summer has been the wettest I can remember in my adult lifetime -
though as a kid one year in summer I thought it would never stop
raining. It has rained Saturday, and has poured by the bucket full
numerous times today. I guess global warming isn't really happening
after all!! ~(;<)>

I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow to see if there can be anything
done for the webs beginning to grow between my toes. Duck feet I do not
need. After that - if it is not raining - I will try once again to
isolate the headlight problem on the Volksiebus per your recommends.

Regards,

John

On 7/21/2013 6:04 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> Dear John, David,
>
> At 03:06 PM 7/21/2013, David Clarkson wrote:
>> switch got fried. Is there an easy way to test this or does anyone
>> else have any suggestions? I think it highly
>
> The easy way to test it is to get out your voltmeter and follow the
> wiring diagram around.  Seriously, guys, you're there on the ground
> with the problem and we're not.
>
> You need +12 on the 30 terminals of the relays.  That +12 has to get
> from the relay 87 terminals to the headlights.   On the ground side
> you have to *not* have +12.  The dimmer switch has to supply +12 to
> the relay 86 terminals, and the 85 terminals have to be grounded (or
> vise versa).
>
> The connections have to be good.  The wires have to not be cut.  The
> fuses have to be not fused.
>
> The dimmer switch gets its power from an alternate (unswitched)
> source when you pull the stalk to flash the high beams.
>
> That's really all there is, and we can guess about it all night to no
> profit.  Go thou outside and measure.
>
> Yours,
> David
>