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Date:         Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:55:48 +0100
Reply-To:     Johan Nyberg <johan.nyberg@ABC.SE>
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From:         Johan Nyberg <johan.nyberg@ABC.SE>
Subject:      Lights
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Hello listees

The other day I took the time to check why the headlights seem so lousy. I hooked up two digital voltmeters, one on the battery and one on a bulb, switched the lights on and noted a voltage drop of about 2.3 volts over the wires and switches. I calculated a 33% power loss, due to bad connections. To fix this, I might run separate wires from the battery to a separate relay for every filament (I have six of them, the rectangular + square lamp setup) and operate the relays by the original wires to the bulbs.

If I can be bothered. This way the bulbs last much longer ;-)

************************************************************ Johan Nyberg, Sweden N 59o E 17o 25" '86 Caravelle C ************************************************************


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